How to Coach Yourself and Others Essential Knowledge For Coaching

How long will it take? Depending on the significance of the change, it could take hours or days or weeks or months or years or, maybe, you might get stuck somewhere on the curve and never reach integration. In addition, how people have encountered change is important. If change is being done TO them, their emotions are likely to run higher and be more negative than if change is being done BY them. A key learning point is that the very same people who have been proactive in extending their property, investing in the latest hi-fi or high definition home cinema, acquiring the most up-to-date mobile ‘phone or computer, setting up their own website, holidaying in exotic places with very different cultures and food, trading in their car for the latest model every two years etc. those very same people can, and do, go through the change curve when change is done TO them (rather than BY them). So, two key points: 1. the change curve above summarises typical reactions when you have change thrust or forced upon you 2. however, when change is owned and initiated by you it is a different kettle of fish (e.g. you will avoid the negative red emotions shown on the change curve and enjoy the green emotions and a great sense of achievement). Therefore, the best way to manage change is to help create it. This is undoubtedly the best change management model of all. How do I use the change curve? Firstly, use it to understand that negative emotions during change are "normal" and, most of the time, are transient (i.e. they will pass). 1073

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