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How To Forge Partnerships That Drive Organizational Change

Forbes Leadership

Despite the dire consequences of stagnation, organizational change is hard. On their own, leaders' faulty assumptions can result in failed change. By bringing in a quality partner, true organizational change can occur. Here's how those partnerships work.

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Why trust matters during organizational change

Wendy Hirsch

Key Points — Trust and Organizational Change Trust reflects how willing a person is to give up some control or accept vulnerability related to another person or group. Leading change in an organization can sometimes feel like being on one side of a vast chasm, with everyone else on the other side.

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How To Navigate The Digital Learning Curve For Enhanced Organizational Change

Walk Me

Organizational change can trigger various employee reactions when major structural shifts occur and normalized processes, technology, and tools are replaced with unfamiliar ones. This can often spark internal resistance to change, resulting in low employee performance and decreased productivity if not remedied.

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Overcoming Internal And External Resistance To Organizational Change

Forbes Leadership

In this article, I will break down three key tactics for overcoming internal and external resistance and successfully navigating periods of organizational change.

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Driving Organizational Change — Without Abandoning Tradition

Harvard Business Review

To shift entrenched ways of thinking, leaders need to understand and respect where people are coming from.

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Understanding Organizational Change Commitment: A Guide for Managers

Wendy Hirsch

Key Points Change commitment reflects a person’s level of determination to follow a course of action related to an organizational change. Researchers Herscovitch and Meyer suggest that there are three types of change commitment based on emotion, values/obligation and cost-avoidance, respectively. References Armenakis, A.

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How “Perspective Swaps” Can Unlock Organizational Change

Harvard Business Review

Stepping into a colleague’s shoes can reveal surprising new ways of thinking.