Change for the good? Change for the worse? Either way you want to spot any resistance. Responses to change can be detrimental to any organization and its employees, whatever the nature of the change.
Yet where there's smoke, there's fire: if people are resistant to change it's because they have underlying concerns and fears. The earlier everyone involved identifies and tackles these behaviors and their root causes, the better.
In Resistance is Futile Oscar Berg uses humor to chart the colorful variety of behaviors typically exhibited in the face of change. By making it easier to identify resistance to change, he offers signposts to genuine and productive dialogue in a relaxed setting.
