Technique 1.68 Statements/Activities That Reveal Resistance (Version 1)
Some statements/activities that people often used which will indicate that resistance is present; indicate if present in the organisation
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Statements that reveal resistance |
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Change is not needed |
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Status quo was working fine |
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Proposed change does more harm than good |
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Lack of respect for the person responsible for the change |
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Objectionable way of implementing the change |
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Negative attitudes towards the organisation before the change |
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No opportunity to have inputs into change |
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Change simply adds more work and confusion |
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Change requires more effort than to keep status quo |
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Bad timing of the change |
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A desire to challenge authority |
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Hearing about change second‐hand |
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Lack of confidence and/or trust in change and/or project |
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Concern about cost overruns |
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Fear of change |
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Concern about outside influences |
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Fear of redundancies |
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Much absenteeism |
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Staff regularly late to work and work‐related activities like meetings, etc |
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Failure to meet deadlines by staff |
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Staff do not actively participate in meetings, discussions, etc |
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Much gossip, etc with incomplete, incorrect information |
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Uncontactable, eg switched mobile phones off, etc |
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The greater the number of "yes" answers, the more resistance to the change is present