It has been our experience at LaMarsh & Associates that even with the best efforts of companies committed to managing change, many employees still feel like victims of the changes that are being made. Many companies are making a good faith effort to figure out what issues and concerns their employees have with specific changes. We at LaMarsh believe that is at it should be; that is the responsibility of the company. And it pays off. More acceptance of change, faster change, less loss of productivity or quality in the transition or delta of change.
But there is also a problem with that process that we are beginning to see. The company is taking on the responsibility to manage the change. The employees are coming to expect them to. However, in too many cases that is leading to a relationship where the company is the enabler of successful change and the employee has a sense of entitlement: entitled to good change management from the employer with no reciprocal responsibility on the employee’s part.
Our founder and CEO, Jeanenne LaMarsh, has set about to change that relationship. Change Better Survive – and Thrive – During Change at Work and Throughout Life, her newest book, published by Agate Press, is a resource FOR the employee. It will help your employees to understand what is happening to them in the change process and give them a Personal Change Management Plan that will enable them to take more control over the change process for themselves. The result – a partnership between the employee and the company. If you want to know more about this book: www.lamarsh.com
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