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Article: Heart of change: change is inevitable. Fearing change doesn't have to be.(ProWatch)
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- Prosales
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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"Change" is a dirty word for some people. But love it or hate it, change is here to stay, and every LBM owner and manager must be effective at leading their teams through both small and large changes.
How do most managers manage change? Most successful LBM managers I know are left-brain, bottom-line, sequential problem solvers. They reached their leadership positions based more on their abilities to manage the numbers than manage the people. Therefore, during times of organizational transitions, they naturally gravitate toward managing change from a rational, logical, numbers-based foundation. They reason:
"We just need to get our people to understand the ...