“He
who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which
rejects progress is the cemetery.”
The process of change can be painful or beneficial. It depends
mainly on the preparation and circumstance for the need of change. Some changes
can be approved, while others should be looked at and if not appropriately prepared
or explained, tend to be rejected. Change rejection happens too often in
corrections. The hesitancy or reluctance to bring change, is simply not
justified in most cases and should be addressed by someone who makes policies
and decisions.
Most of the time, change is rejected due to ambiguity put into
the decision and making the statement without a proper foundation of facts or
other relevant information. One needs to learn how to execute change properly. In
order to acquire an acceptance criteria, you have to work hard to put the
matter at hand out there for criticism and feedback.
Before it is rejected, one should take the time to explain the
purpose of this change and how it will impact culture, organization,
performance, productivity, accountability and other relatively personal issues.
One does have the option to postpone change or a decision.
One does not necessarily have to reject a proposal until all
the criteria or concerns are met. If it is simple, you can make a deal to move
forward and gain the approval when all the missing elements are available and
delivered to you for your final presentation and approval by the decision
maker.
Acquiring the appropriate level of confidence, performance or
integrity for such a decision must be done with due diligence and if urgent,
you need to reschedule the discussion just so you can gain an approval to
proceed upon completion of the project or change maker.
However, make it clear to those involved and coordinating this
change, that by not having everything ready the first time, they use more time
of everyone involved, than it is really necessary and risk losing the momentum
for positive change to occur. Success is based on preparation and taking into
the full account of the human factor.
Being organized and implementing change through positive steps
or stages can be difficult and time consuming but in most cases, change can be
positive.
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