http://connect4results.com connect4results.com/feed Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:14:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Imagine if hundreds of years ago the Stone Age man decided not to do anything to improve the way he lived.   Imagine that he never discovered how to make fire, how to write on walls using symbols, how to make houses, boats and how to cook food.   Imagine that he just remained ... http://connect4results.com/change/is-change-necessary-in-your-personal-life/125 Inflexibility is one of the worst human failings. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence, and laziness with discipline.   But for rigidity of mind, there is no antidote. It carries the seed of its own destruction -Anonymous • Ask a lady who lives in Perth to wind up her business and move to ... http://connect4results.com/change/why-do-people-resist-change-in-their-personal-life/124 The corporate world is full of examples of big changes that failed to take off.  A high percentage of a senior executive’s time is spent in planning for the future, making strategic choices, and committing huge resources to future plans and projects.  Despite such efforts there is no guarantee that the proposed ... http://connect4results.com/change/how-to-be-a-catalyst-for-change/123 In today’s business climate the key to growth and survival is to remain in a ‘constant change’ mode.    Companies are forced to implement drastic changes in an effort to keep up with competitors and to survive.   A knowledge-based economy and technology-driven transformations require swift adjustments. It is true that the constant buzz about ... http://connect4results.com/change/when-is-change-not-necessary-in-the-workplace/122 In 1947, Kurt Lewin, a German psychologist proposed a theory of change to facilitate change in organizations.  The theory was named ‘The Three Step Change Model’ and became very popular in explaining why changes were necessary and how changes could be implemented in organizational climate.  The scope of the theory was to ... http://connect4results.com/change/helping-others-adjust-to-changes-in-the-workplace/121 A business has to keep up with a competitive and evolving market place.  It has to change and so do the people who work for it. Changes need to be made at all levels of the organization (new structures, new procedures, diversification, resizing, mergers, and expansion, and at the level of ... http://connect4results.com/change/why-make-changes-in-the-workplace/120 We are the slaves of our habits.  We get up at the same time every day, we dress in relatively the same manner, we tie our shoe laces in the same fashion, and we mostly like to eat the same breakfast each day.  People will resist changes, if they do not ... http://connect4results.com/change/difficulty-accepting-change-in-the-workplace/118 Problem people should be looked upon as partners. For any agreement or understanding to be permanent, both parties must have a vested interest in the agreement, or get something out of it. In their own minds, both parties need to feel as though they are winners. No one likes to lose face or ... http://connect4results.com/negotiation/negotiation-the-negotiation-day/117 Just imagine if, after all your personal preparations, rehearsals and visualisations, you meet up with the problem person in a parking lot, in the hallway, on the factory floor, in their office, or even in the kitchen. How would you feel? Have you practised for such an eventuality? This can very easily ... http://connect4results.com/negotiation/negotiation-%e2%80%93-setting-the-scene/116 Being a good negotiator means that you have a toolbox of many rather complex skills, which you have practised many a time beforehand, and which now are second nature to you. Of importance is how you use the simple pronouns of ‘I’ and ‘you’. Aggressive and manipulative people tend to use ‘I’ ... http://connect4results.com/negotiation/negotiation-imparting-the-right-messages/115