Change brings out the need to know our being, as well as our doing.At the heart of understanding how people react to change is the issue of control. People are most comfortable when they can influence what happens to them.People will often choose to stay in negative situations that are familiar and thus more predictable rather than face the ambiguity generated when they are confronted with the unknown. How we succeed in a changing workplace can be influenced by our paradigms. Our personal paradigms have a powerful impact on how we feel, think, behave, approach a situation, and succeed in a changing workplace. What are “your” paradigms about tomorrow, the future, and your feelings about change? What are the barriers that exist today that prevent us from succeeding in a changing and how do we overcome them? Can a person’s baseline level of resilience to change be raised by learning concepts and applying techniques that reinforce the five key characteristics of resilient people?
