A UWE Research Study: Measuring and Reducing Change Resistance in Organisations
What is it that causes us to resist change? This research study conducted by Psychology Masters' student Katherine Reader at UWE explores the key factors. Read more
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What is Change Readiness? Start by asking these 5 questions
Have you ever tried making changes that never really got past the good intentions. We've found that 5 simple questions can help to orientate us to a far more useful place. Read more
Linking Change Readiness to Employee Wellbeing – An Evidence Based Review
Given recent events, wellbeing at work has come into sharp focus and so has organisational change. This research by UWE Occupational Psychology MSc student David Peters shows not only how employee readiness for change employee wellbeing at work are linked but also the impact that has on change outcomes. Read more
How to Ease Resistance to Change
Why do we fear change so much? Why do we routinely put up barriers to progression, and instead decide to settle for less? What is it that is getting in the way? Read more
Lessons in Change #4 – The importance of clear instruction
Human behaviour is complex, and most of us exhibit some signs of change resistance even when pushed to make big changes in our lives. So how did the UK government successfully convince 60 million of us to turn our daily lives upside down overnight? Read more
Are you on track with your changes for 2021?
With 2020 becoming an increasingly distant memory how are your goals for 2021 shaping up? Engaging your staff, especially when working remotely, is increasingly critical to success. Here's how to get started. Read more
Supercharge your change initiative
Accelerating business change and increasing the agility of an organisation has much to learn from sport. As any athlete will tell you, good to great is about the details. It's applying the latest science and striving for marginal gains that, when applied over time, lead to the improvements that get noticed. Those that win awards and launch careers. Read more
How to ease the pain of change
This year has certainly been an emotional roller-coaster for many of us. When a change is thrust upon us it may be useful to understand that the emotions we're feeling follow a pattern and that pattern is similar for most of us Read more
Change Management: Why big change is the new normal in business
The phrase “change is a constant” has never been more true and increasingly the nature of change is becoming far more transformational. True transformation requires a different kind approach, including a willingness to go back to base principles and question everything. Are you ready? Read more
Lessons in Change #3 – The Challenge of Compliance
The reasons we comply or resist are complex and, as we're seeing now, developing our understanding of the different factors that affect our level of compliance is critical not only to dealing with the virus in the months ahead but also to success in any change situation. Read more