From the course: Managing Organizational Change for HR Professionals
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Dealing with resistance to change
From the course: Managing Organizational Change for HR Professionals
Dealing with resistance to change
- Let's talk about the people who make change difficult. Not because there's no logic for it, but because they're afraid. So let's talk about what I call the resistors. You can think of them like a resistor in an electrical circuit. They don't stop the current, but they sure slow it down. These are the employees who dig in their heels, question every detail, and quietly undermine momentum. And the question is why? Now sometimes their resistance makes perfect sense. Their jobs might be at risk, their skills could be outdated, they may feel replaced by outside experts, new employees, and new systems. In these cases, you address it head-on. Yes, change is coming, but here's how you can stay relevant. Let's talk about re-skilling lateral moves or new opportunities. You show them the on-ramp instead of the off-ramp, but sometimes the resistance isn't logical at all. It's emotional. It doesn't matter how good your spreadsheet…
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