Not everyone who fails to adopt a change is actively resisting it. Some people simply wait. They wait to see whether the change will last. They wait for others to go first. They wait to see what happens to previous initiatives. Or they simply continue with the old way because doing nothing currently feels like the safer option. The Psychology of "Waiting It Out" explores the behavioural reasons behind passive non-adoption and challenges the assumption that every adoption problem is a resistance problem. The InfoDeck examines uncertainty, perceived risk, the status quo, social proof and organisational history to help Change Managers understand why people may choose inaction – and what can shift that behaviour.
The author is a recognised Change Leader and has been in the "business of change and transformation" since 1974. He has worked across the length and breadth of the UK, across many European countries, and Internationally in a multitude of industry sectors and has "change managed" innumerable technology solutions. He is now a full-time Change Management Trainer delivering his unique Driving Change Management Course globally and creating an ever-growing Licensed Highway of Change Agent network using his Practical Framework Approach to Change. He is also an online Consultant, Blogger, Speaker, Coach & Mentor, and Trusted Advisor on all matters related to "change and transformation"
In June 2012 the author was presented with a "Change Leader of Tomorrow" Award by the World HRD Congress in recognition of my "remarkable progress in initiating changes enough for others in the same industry to follow my example".
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Source: Best Practices in Change Management PowerPoint Slides: Psychology of "Waiting It Out" PowerPoint (PPT) Presentation Slide Deck, The Highway of Change