$4.$ Becoming More Open to Change

Becoming More Open to Change

An important part of being innovative is being open to change. People who are open to change are flexible when confronted with changes, see change as an exciting challenge, and are willing to apply new ideas, processes, and directives. This activity is important because managers need to understand the things that encourage and inhibit this openness if they are to successfully model openness to change.

The goal of this activity is to challenge your knowledge of self$-$affirming responses that enhance and inhibit openness to change.

Select the category that each person$$s behavior best represents.

$1.$ Quetta is a perfectionist and has always had a hard time coping when she messes something up at work. She has learned to remind herself, in the face of a slip$-$up$,$ that she has many great personal qualities and that she has made mistakes in the past and has learned a great deal from them.

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$2.$ Frederic$$s boss recently told him that some of his coworkers perceived him to be arrogant and over$-$confident on the job. Frederic tells himself he is certain that his confidence will eventually pay off for him and is therefore not a problem, even if it means he$$ll make a few enemies along the way.

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$3.$ When Daliyah loses out on a very competitive promotion opportunity, she takes some time to remind herself that she is still a great employee and person and will have other chances, and that she has many wonderful things going for her$$such as her relationships and hobbies$$outside of work.

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$4.$ Kimber is very direct in her communication. Several of Kimber$$s colleagues have mentioned to her that she comes across as harsh and aggressive toward the interns and that they are afraid to share their ideas with her. Kimber says that if interns want to get ahead, they need to be more confident in their ideas$$what they choose to say to her shouldn$$t depend on how she acts toward them.

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$5.$ Tommy had the opportunity to make a sale but missed out on it because it would have required him to be dishonest with the client. Truthfulness is a core value of Tommy$$s in all things, both work$-$related and personal, and he reminds himself that he may have lost out on an opportunity to land a big client, but he feels good on a personal level because he stuck to his overarching values.

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