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Resistance to change in organizations: arch villain or underdog?

Change is an inevitable, all pervasive part of life and organizations need to predict and plan for future changes. People are programmed psychologically to resist change as they prefer status quo and familiar situations, dislike cognitive dissonance, and abhor the unknown. We have a look at change resistance, why it is important and how to overcome it in this CQ Dossier.
Change Management, Evidence-based change management
Large Scale Organizational Change Interventions (LSOCI) is cannot be planned and implemented solely based on a top-down approach.

Managing organizational transformation: Change management tools that really make a difference

In your professional life you will most certainly face situations were only an organizational transformation can move you and your organization out of harm's way. New regulatory frameworks, disruptive innovations, financial crisis are some examples of events where gradual or incremental change reaches its limits. Learn how transformational change works in this CQ Dossier.
Large Scale Organizational Change, Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Language of change, Discourse
Communication shapes social reality and is a powerful change management tool

Change management and communication: How to shape social reality and drive organizational change

One of the most powerful tools to manage change is language. Depending on how you use it, language can enable, block or drive organizational change. While the role language plays in organizational change has not yet been fully recognized in the practical domain, the social sciences have started the so called linguistic turn years ago.
Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Change side effects, Language of change, Discourse
Changing an organization's culture requires both top-down and bottom-up measures

Culture change: Using research to change organizational culture from bottom-up and top-down

Psychological research has consistently demonstrated that one of the largest influences on employee performance, satisfaction, motivation, and collaboration ability is organizational culture (Belias & Koustelios, 2014). Organizations that are warm, interdependent, and dynamic are typically healthier, more thriving organizations. Conversely, organizations that are cool, judgmental, or alienated typically have negative workplace outcomes, low retention, and low employee satisfaction.
Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Transformational Leadership, Organizational culture
Changing an organization requires to provide a meaningful and positive future orientation of your organization

Looking Ahead: Changing your organization’s future orientation to foster innovation

Is it time to reorient your organization’s outlook? Are you company’s goals too short-term and reactive, rather than far-reaching and proactive? Does it feel as though people are always scrambling to deal with emergencies and “put out fires”, when ideally your organization would be taking carefully planned steps?
Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Psychological safety, Goal setting theory, Future orientation

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