• DYNAMIC CHANGE

    Energy for change can come from the 'top-down', 'bottom-up', 'inside-out' and 'outside-in'. The resulting tension can be both creative and destructive. Coaching helps to manage the resentment, resignation and uncertainty that change can bring, as well as maximising its potential.


     

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    AUTHORITY

     

    WHAT'S EXPECTED OF ME? 

    Leaders, managers, legal systems, religious beliefs and ethical codes expect our compliance. It is often associated with a command and control mindset when we accede to the will or wisdom of others. 

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    CULTURE
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    WHO CAN HELP ME?
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    Experienced when you cooperate with others in teams and communities to satisfy a common need or goal. It is associated with collective action around shared values and a shared purpose

     


     

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    		Inside-Out Change
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    CAPABILITY
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    WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
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    Experienced when we know who we are and can see/feel things that appeal to our mind body and soul.  It is associated with personal creativity and a desire to realise goals and dreams.
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    ENVIRONMENT
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    WHAT DOES THE WORLD THINK?
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    When global events, environmental conditions or social situations impact on our choices.  This is associated with our exterior world which is holistic, systemic and ecological in nature.
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Change Articles
 

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  • Top-Down Change   ( 2 Articles )

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    Articles in this section relate to that dimension of change where the energy comes from someone in authority or a system, code, set of policies or laws that expect compliance. Permission has to be given or a mission, vision, method, etc., followed that places constraints on action.

    "Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all."
    Dwight Eisenhower

  • Bottom-Up Change   ( 4 Articles )

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     Articles in this section relate to that dimension of change where the energy comes from cooperating with others in partnerships, teams and communities to secure common goals.

    Though top level involvement is essential to organisational change, the real change leaders, who affect how the majority of people perform, come from the ranks of middle and frontline managers". Katzenberg
  • Inside-Out Change   ( 6 Articles )

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    Articles in this section relate to that dimension of change where the energy comes from knowing how we know, feel and do what we do. We also know who we are, what is important to us and when things are no longer working for us.

    'We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we describe' - David Cooperrider (2000)

  • Dynamic and Integral Change   ( 9 Articles )
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    		bu Articles in this section seek to bring together the four dimensions of change that are integral to achieving sustainable and effective action in a variety of contexts.
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