Human Barriers to Change
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Lack of Leadership
– when change fails to occur as planned, the cause if often to
be found at a deeper level, rooted in the inappropriate
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mindsets,
behavior, beliefs,
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attitudes,
and assumptions of would-be
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leaders
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Managers,
who are confident that they are
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smart
and in control and their anger over real or perceived loss of
power and control are often the biggest barriers to change
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Human systems seek homeostasis and
equilibrium, i.e. prefer a predictable, stable world
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Personal cost of
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change
– threat to personal interests; loss felt by the people in the
organization when change occurs; discomfort with doing things
differently, resentment over increased workload, fear of job
loss, and generalized anxiety about the unknown.
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"Not invented here" syndrome
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Lack of
creative dissatisfaction with the status quo |