Change Matters: The ABCs of Managing Change for Performance Impact

The constant in today's work place and personal lives is the reality that change happens and change matters. The ability to acknowledge, understand, embrace, and actively participate in change matters is essential to performance execution success for individuals and organizations in both challenging times and in times of success.

First, the basic rule of psychology reveals that individuals and groups will change a behavior, action or opinion for one of only two core reasons. Absent either one of these two basic rules human nature is to resist change and remain complacent. So to avoid challenge, conflicts, confrontation or worse yet find yourself in a world that has passed you.