Change—and resistance to change—is emotional. Yet, people are afraid of emotions – others’ and their own. By leveraging emotions rather than avoiding them, your change and continuous improvement efforts will have a greater chance of success.
Change—and resistance to change—is emotional. Yet, people are afraid of emotions – others’ and their own. By leveraging emotions rather than avoiding them, your change and continuous improvement efforts will have a greater chance of success.
Avoiding emotions deprives you of the important information – data – they carry.
Emotions provide the data you need to communicate convincingly, make sound decisions, understand where others are coming from, and even manage your own emotions in difficult situations.
When people think about emotions at work, they often think about the extreme ends of an emotional continuum – with seemingly negative emotions at both ends. Working up the ChangeEQ Skills Hierarchy moves your team from reactivity and misdirected emotions to higher levels of professional effectiveness.
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