Taking Charge of Change
Taking Charge of Change People consciously do not like change. ... The ironic thing is that humans naturally change through time. ... They are usually unaware of this change, but humans are still animals and in order to survive, animals must change or adapt. Smith’s Taking Charge of Change is a guidebook on how to bring about change in an organization that is conducive and productive for the company. This book also instructs how to bring about change through responsibility. The most frustrating thing I can think of is knowing that change has to happen and what these changes entail. But then not knowing how to bring about the change is usually the case. ... Smith offers some suggestions on how to manage not only change, but performance as well. The first step is to keep the primary purpose and goal of the change in mind. Then employing people in the organization that accept responsibility of their actions and how those actions affect change. ... The simplest example of how an organization works with change is a relationship. ... In each case, change and compromise is needed. ... Responsibility needs to be taken not just for change but for performance as well. ... This may seem optimistic, but I attribute that belief to the fact the humans naturally change in accordance to their environment. ... Smith’s last framework, The Wheel of Change, offers a plan to implement and follow-up on change. Develop a need and understanding for the change, have the capability to learn new things, put together a plan of action, take action, reinforce and respond to reluctance.