Kubler-Ross (The Grieving Cycle)

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• LOI

Kubler-Ross (The Grieving Cycle)

• Kubler-Ross (The Grieving Cycle)

• Connor (Present/Transition/Desired States)

• Bridges (Endings/Neutral/Beginnings)

• Kotter (The 8 Stages of Change)

• Barker (Pioneers/Settlers)

• Ichak Adizes (Corporate Life Cycles of Change)

• Even the MBTI fits

• Why not create a Comprehensive Model?

Grieving is encouraged.

• Grieving is encouraged.

• Be patient with ourselves as we lose emotional investment in the past.

• Tradition and rituals/symbols bring about emotional closure to past.

• Burn the Boat

• Heh, we’re going to have a funeral!

Managers/Executives Rarely Admit That Change Is Disruptive And Threatening.

• Managers/Executives Rarely Admit That Change Is Disruptive And Threatening.

• Managing Loss/Grieving Effectively Means Owning Responsibility For The Damage Done To People In The Process.

• Managers:

• Often sweep the distress under the rug
• Press people forward aggressively toward ambitious goals
• Are compelled to keep the momentum going at any cost

Hanging in mid air.

• Hanging in mid air.

• Most difficult stage.

• Urgency to make decision, but patience is encouraged.

• Live with ambiguity in the tradition.

• Realize others are going through the same process.

• You can’t over-communicate during a time of change (X10)

Be Aware Of Your Impact

• Be Aware Of Your Impact

• Keep Lines Of Communication And Contribution Open And Effective

• Reinforce Best Ways To Cope

• Be Truthful About Organizational Realities

• Be Supportive By:

• Reinforcing best ways to cope
• Providing a figure of identification and caring

• Be A Figure Of Identification For People

Introduce the future/the unknown.

• Introduce the future/the unknown.

• Be honest.

• Our attitude will determine how we deal with change.

• Get out of our paradigm.

Structured Flexible

• Structured Flexible

Promise and Champion Change

• Promise and Champion Change

• Push Yourself – Be A Role Model

• Honor What the Settlers Bring to the Plate

• Welcome Bad News

• Be a Coach

• Focus on the Customer

• Use the 90/10 Rule

Go With The Flow

• Go With The Flow

• If It Is Going to Happen, Make Lemonade

• Be a Part of the Change; Accept New Assignments (stretch}

• Relieve Stress in Healthy Ways

• Accept Change as a Reality & A Way of Life in the 21st Century