Transcript Seizing opportunities during Organisational Change

Seizing opportunities during
Organisational Change
Joanne Irvine
libertas consultancy
[email protected]
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Managing Transitions
‘It’s not the change that causes the problemit’s the transition’
Bridges circa 1994
Change is inevitable
Shock and denial- bargaining
Anger and blame
Sadness/Depression/Acceptance
Creativity
Vision for the future
Testing for purpose
Commitment/Integration and Action
The Transition Curve – Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross combined
with the work of William Bridges on Transition
Where do you fit in?
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Do you know what’s changing?
Have you been consulted? –shared vision
Do you have a voice?
Where is the power?
How can you get access to decision
makers?
Do you understand the need for
change?
• Think about it?
What are the choices?
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Wait for it to happen
Get involved
Look at alternative options
Ask yourself what do you really want?
Managing the stages of Transition
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Define what is over and what isn’t
Mark the endings
Treat the past with respect
Acknowledge the losses openly and
Sympathetically
• Give people information
• Don’t drag it out
Dealing with Change tips
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Talk to each other
Be flexible
See the bigger picture
Look for opportunities
Look forward
Invest in yourself