Change

"Changing the Face" can change nothing.
But, "Facing the Change" can change everything.

So Accept Change with a smile willingly.

Role of Communication in CHANGE Management

The first step towards Change is Awareness. The second step is Acceptance.

Not giving place to the thoughts which change with time, if you are able to think in a different way it is called Paradigm Shift. This will come if we are able to wipe out all previous thoughts and start thinking afresh which is called Lateral Thinking.

We need to be aware of the fact that Communication is the Key in Change Management and accordingly accept change and manage it through communication. For us to be successful in CHANGE Management we need to demarcate and have some basic guidelines:

• Develop a written communication Plan to ensure that there are no gaps in Communication and that they are in accordance to your Change Management Process.
• Communicate about the change consistently, frequently and through multiple channels including speaking, writing, training, focus groups, bulletin boards, intranets etc. So that everyone involved in accepting CHANGE are aware of it in its entirety.
• Also one needs to emphasize to hold off all communication until you are positive about the decision to Accept Change.
• Provide significant amount of time for queries and their responses to avoid communication gaps.
• Ensure to communicate in clear terms what the Vision, Mission and the Objectives of the CHANGE Management Effort. This will help those involved to understand it better.
• Recognize that the true communication is a conversation that is two way which results in positive discussion.
• In CHANGE the leaders need to spend time covering one-on-one with those involved who are expected to implement CHANGE.
• With communication we should build a memorable conceptual framework and also a theoretical framework to underpin the actual CHANGE involved.
• Leaders need to listen carefully and also act with thoughtfulness.
• Make leaders available as far as possible to those involved in the implementation of the CHANGE so as to avoid any communication gaps.
• As Communication is very important we should ensure that we are proactive.
• Ensure that those who are involved in CHANGE mingle with each other and network both formally and informally to share their ideas about CHANGE and CHANGE Management.
• Ensure to have a full fledged Rewards and Recognition Scheme for not only Success but also for the positive approach of those involved and their accomplishments in CHANGE and CHANGE Management.
• Celebrate each small win with wide publicity and motivate the CHANGE Implementers.

CHANGE - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

• Yesterday: It was in near past that I lost an opportunity due to CHANGE
• Today: I am free from the bondage of the past
• Tomorrow: Will be a new beginning.

The pessimist would say that the glass is half empty and the optimist that it is half full. The Leader who has accepted CHANGE would say that the glass has double capacity than is required.

I have had a difficult struggle in the past due to CHANGE, but I am on the way to where I want to be and have started accepting the CHANGE. The initial step towards CHANGE is Awareness and the next step is Acceptance.

In CHANGE the PROBLEM should be perceived as a Practical Reality Offering Best Lessons to Enhance Maturity. This shows that Accepting CHANGE enhances our Maturity.

Today I have clarity in my mind and I am happy and still struggle with the challenges of CHANGE, but I am working on recovery and learning what CHANGE is. I could be powerless over others but the only thing that I can CHANGE is me. Now I am accustomed to make decisions and accordingly instead of reacting to the situation, I am responding to them and make CHANGE so much easier to implement.

Yesterday is gone, today is almost over and I can’t wait until the mystery of tomorrow unfolds.
Seeing is believing, and believing is seeing – Don’t give up and don’t leave until you overcome CHANGE.

HOW helps us and lets the power greater than ourselves to restore us to Sanity. HOW means

• Honesty
• Open-mindedness
• Willingness

We can cherish certain moments of the past, of them some are easily erased and others are difficult to forget. We should be proud of our past experience with CHANGE and have a critical view on it as we know that our experience of the past with CHANGE becomes very useful to us in future.

Today is a very interesting concept. Some say that today lasts for a Second. What happened in Second is in the past and what will happen in a Second is future which is yet to come.
Today we Plan and rationally organize our division of time in order to do much better and be successful in future.

The way CHANGE is perceived will be different for each individual. Today is the time for our preparation for tomorrow’s success and achievement and their hope resides in the present that is today. Tomorrow is very independent; it observes time and arrives according to its invariability. Provide significant amount of time for clarification on CHANGE as our understanding of CHANGE will help to a great extent in Accepting with its total Awareness and thereby win CHANGE.