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Monday, September 3, 2007

Change Management

Peter De Jager of Technobility explains that regardless of what technology, your role or where you work, you are going to be faced with the same kind of challenges when it comes to change. There are 3 stages you will be faced with. The first is resistance, the second is incompetence or chaos and then finally if you are lucky you will reach status quo.

There is a huge misconception with change, it is that the change is difficult. However, we are the ones who make it so difficult. For example, people think that if office politics were to change then bringing about a new technology change would be a piece of cake. This is not always true.

Human beings are the most resistant to change. They recognize the need but often the work involved in that change is over looked. In a corporation, the person making the change will need to know why the change is happening. So, the ability to learn how to change will come through communication plans and training.

Peter gives some great techniques to help people through change. For more information, visit Peter De Jager’s presentation titled “Change Management” in the Education Center at this website: http://www.virtualtechfair.com.

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