People Do Not Resist Change. They Do Resist Being Changed.

The need for organizations to adapt to change is accelerating. Managing change has become an important skill managers are striving for. Unfortunately, in many organizations managing change often means having difficulty in getting employees to go along with sudden changes to their work. They believe people naturally resist change and hire consultants to reduce employee pushback and confusion. Nothing is further from the truth. Scientific research has clearly demonstrated that people do NOT resist change but they do resist BEING changed. In fact, when they are involved in creating a needed change, they become motivated to make it happen.