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Why Is Change So Hard?
Maintenance
In this stage, the change has been established for the past six months and the threat of returning to old behaviors becomes less intense or frequent.
There is always a chance of relapsing to old behaviors and re-cycling through the stages, so it’s important to continue planning for events that may trigger it. Recalling what helped through previous stages, reflecting upon mistakes made and how to prevent them without over analyzing or judging will help here.
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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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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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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.