Good morning and Happy Wednesday!
As my department continues to migrate from RPTS to JPS, there are some people that continue to reserve a degree of apprehension. In order to adjust, they have been asked to cast away their AGU traditions, the habits that they have developed and the things that they have been doing consistently for years. In exchange for everything that they have known, I offer them the unknown. How uncomfortable they must be!
In my role as their Team Leader, I have been trying to over-educate and over-train my staff. I believe that education and development is an ongoing process and I understand just how intimidating new things can be. Therefore, I want them to experience these changes first hand, repeatedly. The idea of a new process may seem bigger than the activity of the process. My goal is to reduce the psychological mass that is buried in the word "change" until each member of my team reaches their "Aha-moment" and understands the reality of what it means to them. I suspect that tensions will dissipate, the clouds will clear and we will be brand new (at least until the next change)!
If anybody else has been having challenges with preparing their team members for changes, here is a great article on How to Build Confidence. Have a great day!
Randy, this is an insightful an appropriate post. I believe it can be valuable not only for the publication department, but AGU staff in general.
ReplyDeleteI would like to share an article by Jennifer Robison entitled “Overcoming the Fear of Change”
Implementing change almost always breeds uncertainty, but these tumultuous times demand it….
I found it to be interesting and hope you will too.
http://gmj.gallup.com/content/145484/overcoming-fear-change.aspx
Maxine