Management
Training Program:
Shift Gear and Keep up With the Pace
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because you did a good job out on the floor or out in the field.
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Change management
is a hot management topic for one reason:
change happens - continually. Like death and taxes, change is a
fact of life, and therefore so is change management. Effective change
management is essential because when change happens too fast or
in too many areas of our lives, it can all get a bit much. Together
we will take a look at the dynamics of change and give you useful
practical insights into handling change successfully.
Change never
stops, it only changes speed
Managing change is like driving. Flooring the accelerator speeds
you up until you “red-line” the engine and can go no
faster. Rushing around at maximum revolutions is a buzz until the
engine gets hot and starts to break down. Then maybe it’s
time to change gear?
As all drivers
know, changing up a gear maintains your speed, conserves fuel and
is easier on the engine. And you’ve still got the accelerator
capacity to go even faster.
So whether you’re a classic vintage or a speedy sportscar,
you may want to consider a few things;
• What’s
your “red-line”?
• Can you change gear?
• How much fuel do you keep in reserve?
Finances, skills,
experience, resources or other factors may limit our capacity for
change and cause us to “red-line”. And what’s
easy for you may be a stretch for others. When pushed to the maximum,
the best thing to do is throttle back or to change gear.
How to change
gear
Changing gear may require more effort. Do you need to update
that qualification? Can you negotiate additional resources?
Can the project scope be changed?
And can you
change your attitude to change?
“Wei Gi”
– changing danger into opportunity
The Chinese
character for crisis is “Wei Gi”, can mean both danger
and opportunity. We all have our own take on the positive and negative
aspects of change, so start by examining your own attitude and the
attitude of those around you.
Looking on the
bright side of change can help you
shift up gears effortlessly and give you spare capacity to deal
with unexpected events. Maintaining a strong vision of your destination
serves as both a source of purpose and guidance system to reestablish
perspectives following significant disruption.
Seek out the
people who view change as challenging and opportunity filled, and
make them your allies. These will be the people you fall back on
when it gets tough.
Seek out the
people who put up the biggest barriers to change and understand
their concerns. Extreme pessimists are skilled at spotting areas
that might go wrong, and you never know, you might pick up something
you’ve overlooked.
Save time
- be selective
For all the
people in-between – ignore them! Stop
wasting valuable energy! These people will eventually get there,
dragged along by the enthusiastic acceptors of change.
And be organised.
Take major action only after careful planning and set goals to translate
confusing, conflicting changes into simple efforts with a central
theme. Neither sexy nor glamourous, but you won’t go far without
them.
So with a little
attention to the mechanics of change, you can cruise along life’s
highway admiring the view, while managing
change like a pro.
By Lyndsay Swinton
Cleveland
Management Techniques - Deal with the Changes
Management
Training Program Quote
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
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