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Why Is Change So Hard?
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In this stage of change, individuals move from planning to doing and have been making significant behavioral changes for a while. Here we make substantial adjustments to our relationships, routines, environments, and perhaps even to ourselves in order to further the change we desire.
Continually reflect on the advantages of the commitment you have made, check in with your plans, be kind to yourself when you relapse and give yourself positive reinforcement.
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The Stages of Change
- Precontemplation: Not ready. Not now.
- Contemplation: Maybe soon — thinking about it.
- Preparation: Ready, taking small steps.
- Action: ...
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Successful behavior change
One potential problem when changing behaviors is that we're too often motivated by negatives such as guilt, fear, or regret.
- Research found that long-lasting change in behavior is mo...
Change is a process
... not an event. The transtheoretical model (TTM) presupposes that at any given time, a person is in one of five stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance.
Each stage is a preparation for the next one, so you mustn't hurry through or skip stages.
Precontemplation
At this stage, you have no conscious intention of making a change. People in this stage tend to avoid reading, talking, or thinking about unhealthy behavior. However, their awareness and interest may be sparked by outside influences.
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Organizational change management (OCM)
It refers to any event or program an enterprise undertakes that causes major disruption to daily operations.
Organizational change management ensures that the new processes resulting f...
Benefits of change management
Change management reduces the risk that a new system or other change will be rejected by the enterprise.
By itself, it does not reduce costs or increase sales. Instead, it increases the teamwork required for the enterprise accept the change and operate more efficiently.
Requirements for change management success
- The right executive sponsor: responsible for developing the case for change and obtaining the necessary OCM resources.
- Cultural willingness to adapt and change: all organizations resist change to some degree.
- Individual willingness to change: individuals must be willing to examine new information and adopt new behaviors and approaches.
- Rewards and consequences: major changes need to be reinforced by rewards and consequences.