Taking Charge of Change written by Shari Caudron By Collin Frierson Andrew Verburg

Shari Caudron Award-winning business journalist Award-winning business journalist Published in Business Finance, Industry Week, Workforce, Training & Development, Black Enterprise and Chief Executive magazines Published in Business Finance, Industry Week, Workforce, Training & Development, Black Enterprise and Chief Executive magazines Contributing editor of Business Finance Contributing editor of Business Finance

The Seven Principles of Successful Change 1. Accept your worth and acknowledge others’ worth. 2. Generate trust. 3. Learn by empathy. 4. Embrace change.

The Seven Principles of Successful Change 5. Unleash the synergy. 6. Discover champions, depend on masters and find a sage. 7. Liberate decision-making.

Why Manage the Pace of Change Information Technology keeps the pace of change too quick for most people to adapt and feel comfortable. Information Technology keeps the pace of change too quick for most people to adapt and feel comfortable. “People are basically control freaks. We have established expectations, and when those expectations change and we feel we can’t control the changes, we go a little crazy.” “People are basically control freaks. We have established expectations, and when those expectations change and we feel we can’t control the changes, we go a little crazy.”

Managing the Pace of Change 1. Become a scholar of the change process 2. Cultivate personal resilience 3. Focus top management’s energy on a key set of change initiatives 4. Know your purpose and vision. 5. Involve employees in the change process

Taking Charge of Change 6. Establish performance measures 7. Let the external market guide decisions 8. Allow mistakes 9. Manage paradigm life cycles 10. Pursue continuous learning

How to Enhance Your Speed of Change 1. Positive outlook. 2. Focus. 3. Flexibility. 4. Organization. 5. Pro-activeness.

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