Understanding change

New Straits Times;  October 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Straits Times 10-18-2003 Understanding change Byline: Genevieve Wordsworth Edition...Section: Appointments WE read about "change" in the newspaper, listen to friends and...through, and hope it doesn't happen to us. Change, however, is what we are constantly being...

If change is good, why is it resisted?

NJBIZ;  September 29, 2003 ;     516 words ...Question: If change is so good, why is it so hard, and why do so many efforts to effect change in business fail miserably? Adubato: Change helps keep us on our toes and ready to turn obstacles into opportunities. However, many organizational leaders...

Change From the Heart

The Journal for Quality and Participation;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...How is change viewed in the eyes of educators? To truly...teachers and administrators must make change a personal matter. According to Benjamin...founding father, but a third certainty is change. No matter the person, organization, or...

The Currency of Change

The Washington Post;  January 13, 2008 ;     286 words ...Change is coming to America. -- Barack Obama I think I represent change. -- Mitt Romney I want to make change. -- Hillary Clinton I love change. -- Bill Richardson Change: Make ours in quarters for the bus. The...

Rx to adjust to change

Dental Assistant;  May 1, 2000 ;     688 words ...Change is inevitable. As increased and improved technologies have...etc., etc. We may find that our initial career choice may change several times, our roles may be different, and we may often...helpful as allied dental professionals to learn to view change in a more positive way. individuals who are able ...

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

T + D;  November 1, 2007 ;     188 words ...Influencer: The Power to Change Anything By Kerry Patterson...New York Times bestseller, Crucial Conversations, this book reveals six sources that affect change-personal motivation, personal...powerful experiences that change minds. The authors take readers...book gives you the power to ...

Crucial conversations are key to corporate success.(Book Review)

Everett Business Journal;  March 1, 2004 ;     543 words ......called a crucial conversation. Crucial conversations are conversations that are tough...high. In a recent book entitled: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes...major skill--the ability to hold crucial conversations in a productive, positive way...

Thoughts on change

Professional Safety;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Change can be difficult, as we move from comfort zones into the unknown. Change can "happen" to us or we can shape the change. ASSE must take this latter approach to ensure its future success. As we look at our vision and...

Change management

The Malay Mail;  August 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ...ORGANISATIONAL change can in turn be triggered by external and internal triggers of change. External triggers of change A need to introduce internal changes to cope with developments outside the organisation such as changes in technology, customers...

Change happens: Deal with it

The Quill;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Ah, change: It's a beautiful thing. Well, that's one point of view. Another is that change can be scary. Even closer to the truth, regardless of your perspective, is that change is inevitable. Some journalists have been around...

change

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      487 words ...change / ch ānj / • v. 1. make or become different: [ trans. ] a proposal to change the law | [ intrans. ] beginning to change from green to gold. ∎  make or become a different substance entirely; transform. ∎...

You want to improve? First you must change.(making employees more...

Supervision;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Change. Here is a word that causes some to shudder, while others...opportunity to make things better. But have no doubt -- without change, industries and individuals for that matter will stagnate, putting their future at risk. Change is the engine which drives success, whether it be a personal...

You want to improve? First you must change.

Supervision;  August 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Change. Here is a word that causes some to shudder, while others...opportunity to make things better. But have no doubt, without change, industries and individuals for that matter will stagnate, putting their future at risk. Change is the engine which drives success, whether it be a personal...

Success means change.

Supervision;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Change. Here is a word that causes some to shudder, while others...opportunity to make things better. But have no doubt--without change, industries and individuals for that matter will stagnate, putting their future at risk. Change is the engine which drives success, whether it be a personal...

Ready for change?

Social Work in Education;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Change can be thought of as a constant in that our development and environment continually invite us to move toward a change process. Change, however, is perhaps the easiest and the hardest of all human endeavors. It is both welcomed and dreaded. During...