Comments on: How to Manage Someone Resistant to Change https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-someone-resistant-to-change/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Fri, 24 Nov 2023 14:01:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: sfia framework https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-someone-resistant-to-change/#comment-11427 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 14:01:15 +0000 https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=9240#comment-11427 Effective change management helps identify and address sources of resistance, making it more likely that employees will embrace the changes.

]]> By: Monica https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-someone-resistant-to-change/#comment-7703 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:57:56 +0000 https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=9240#comment-7703 In reply to Titus.

Disappointing comment, it had nothing to do with article.

]]> By: Titus https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-someone-resistant-to-change/#comment-7702 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:05:32 +0000 https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=9240#comment-7702 Why did you choose to use a white male, with a sus haircut and big glasses with his fingers in his ears for the article’s link picture? It is on linkedin.com which is supposed to be a place where people are not bullied or made fun of….kind of ironic. But yes, this article is woke garbage, actually its hot garbage.

]]> By: Jason F. https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-someone-resistant-to-change/#comment-7701 Thu, 13 May 2021 15:12:13 +0000 https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=9240#comment-7701 Hey Justin, great tip.

To expand a bit on your last sentence; relationships are one of the most important factors of work and the overall productivity and success of an individual or a team. After all, companies and teams cannot operate without people, it’s the people that make or break its success. Sometimes leaders get stuck in a mindset of work is strictly for work and being productive, making a product, or providing a service. What we can sometimes overlook is people need to be supported and valued mentally and emotionally.

Now, I’m not suggesting being best friends with everyone at work, nor does every individual have the same needs. I’m saying there is value in getting to know people on a personal level – getting to know their family life, their kids, their hobbies, and what brings them joy at and outside of work. Learn to get to know their life story a little bit at a time – and without judgement; everyone has their own story and ways of being, accept it for what it is. A tree (relationship) starts by planting a seed and does not mature overnight or just because you water it periodically. It takes time and care to ensure its long-term development. And sometimes weather can break branches, which means more work (and a crucial conversation) is required to ensure the tree continues to thrive.

All-too-often a manager simply asks ‘how are you doing?’, employee responds with an artificial ‘I’m good’ with qualifier, and the manager says ‘that’s good, glad to hear you’re doing well’ and moves on to the work discussion. This is not engagement, and while this surface-level intro is appropriate on occasion, this is just an ice-breaker into a conversation. It’s important to make time periodically to ask specific and directed questions about pieces of other’s life; their kids, dog, hobby, etc. We all want to share what’s going on in life – good or bad, we just have to be prompted in the right way and feel comfortable with whom we are sharing our story – it’s your job to build that comfortable environment.

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