Interpreting the language of change

6 important questions on Interpreting the language of change

Explain who are the communicating parties is a change situation?

  1. Change managers —> What are they taking about
  2. Those being managed —> What are they expressing

Explain why language is important in change management

Its important because its the words used in describing change and expectations for adoption can. It also helps management with assessing the employees and customers attitudes towards change or the management itself.

Explain active listening + its 4 steps

It is a method for engaging in conversation with another in order to hear and understand their concerns, considerations and needs. —>
it helps as it supports open communication, build trust and helps roll out the change faster & smoother, people feel like their part of change

The 4 steps of active listing
  1. Listen —> The change agent listens to the person speaking
  2. Paraphrase —> The change agent repeats what they heard in their own words
  3. Clarify —> The change agent asks the person to validate their interpretation of what has been said
  4. Respond —>The change agent has the opportunity to respond
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Explain what we say, how and why its important for change

  • Why does what the change agent say matter —>
  • What can you do to prep communication —>
  • What is the impact on change if the change agents do not communicate good —>

Name the 3 elements in the change agents building block of trust

  1. Actions
  2. Listening
  3. Communicating

Name + explain the 9 pitfalls in change messaging

  1. Ambiguous statement —> vagueness
  2. Implicit cases —> Implying other attributes an inclusive cases in their message
  3. Message mediums
  4. Directive—> Message doesn't clearly state the actions that have to be taken
  5. Semantics—> A doublemeaning
  6. time reference ambiguity—> When message about time is vague
  7. Negation—> Refers to the specific boundaries for a negative item
  8. Scope of action—>  Message needs to obtain the changes being mad and what those who are impacted must to prep.
  9. Built in assumption—> Element of assumed knowledge for the audience of the message

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