A Practical Approach to Performance Interventions and Analysis: 50 Models for Building a High-Performance Culture

10. Fostering Change to Enhance End Results

At the surface level, people address change in three ways. Some embrace change, others resist change, and still others look around and wonder what happened. Plato suggested that the only constant is change. Looking at the past, it is clear that change is inevitable and that not all change is within an individual or organization’s control.

In Chapter 7, we discussed how stress is often beyond the individual’s control. Likewise, many changes that occur are beyond an individual’s control. However, it is how you address and influence change that is within your control that can make a difference at work, at home, and in society. Indeed, the choices you make can change your life. The actions of the present ...