Managing Change

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• Managing Change

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Seminar Goals

• Recognize change as ongoing and normal
• Identify changes in the workplace
• Determine your reactions to change
• Identify a strategy for dealing with change
• Develop a personal action plan for moving through
  change
• Know the benefits of your EAP

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Questions About Change

• Whats going on here?
• How do I feel about it?
• What can I do to survive?
• What can I do to prepare for a new start?

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Phases of Change

• Endings
• The Neutral Zone
• Beginnings

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Endings

• Business life is punctuated by many changes.
• Changes, even if positive, can be met with
  resistance because it forces people to end a part
  of their experience.
• Many people react to change with a sense of loss.

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Losses Associated With Change

• Loss of identity or belonging
• Loss of control
• Loss of meaning
• Loss of future

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Neutral Zone Activities

• Find a regular time and place to be alone
• Begin a log of Neutral Zone activities
• Identify things you cant control
• Identify things you can control
• Identify what you really want from the change

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Stress Coping Mechanisms

• Positive self-talk
• Regular exercise
• Relaxation
• Good nutrition
• A good support system

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Beginnings

• Define your vision
• Identify small steps
• Develop a time schedule
• Track your success

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Seminar Summary

• Identify the losses you feel
• Let go of things you cant control
• Take charge of things you can control
• Identify your future vision
• Work through your action plan

• Endings
• The Neutral Zone
• Beginnings

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Make Your Feelings Work for You

• Im afraidfear gets us up and moving
• Im madwe can harness the adrenaline created by
  anger to mobilize our resources
• Im sadthis feeling helps us slow down,
  acknowledge our loss and begin to heal
• Im gladacceptance helps us draw strength by
  forging a new sense of self, new skills, and new
  dreams of the future

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Benefits of the EAP

• Confidential
• Prepaid
• Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Appointment offered within 2 business days
• Telephonic consultation available
• Household benefit
• Child care, senior care, and legal concerns

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