Building a creative organization involves changing the status quo, which can be difficult and uncomfortable. Change is a condition for creativity and growth. Change brings opportunity. Yet your team members are likely to resist change, as it takes them out of their comfort zones. When you have appropriately planned for it and you understand that
Good communication can minimize resistance. The way in which you communicate a change to your employees will make a huge difference in how change is either accepted or resisted. A poor approach to take when change is occurring is to speak in generalities. Even worse is not to communicate at all! Rumors will escalate and
Change implementation requires involvement from all members of the team. Involve everyone in one way or another. When you just give orders without asking for employee input, team members don’t feel as though they are a part of the program and will likely resist. Input and involvement create ownership. Ownership will motivate them to work
It’s not difficult to understand that, during times of change, an employee’s first thought might be, “What will happen to my job?” or “Will I keep my job?” If employees feel threatened, they will resist, because they see no benefit for themselves. No workers have ever been motivated by any kind of change that is
Do you criticize yourself? Do you say mean and disrespectful things to you? Do you look at yourself and think nasty things about who and what you are? STOP IT! Stop talking to yourself in a negative voice. And, stop talking to others about your negative traits. The more you concentrate on what's wrong with
