(Optional) Identify positive strategies for dealing with change.

Identification should include

• recognizing personal anxieties/feelings about the change
• accepting change and the opportunity to make a positive response
• setting rational short-term goals to adapt to change
• being decisive and disciplined when taking a course of action.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

• How can you view almost any change in a positive way? What are the benefits of doing this?
• What are possible strategies you can implement to deal with change?
• How can you cope with a change for which you had no control?

Communication

• How can communication help alleviate personal anxieties about a change?
• What communication skills are needed to implement positive strategies for dealing with change?
• How can you communicate to others the importance of implementing positive strategies for dealing with change?

Leadership

• What leadership skills do you need to successfully respond to change?
• What leadership techniques are needed when taking a new course of action?
• What do successful leaders do when their teams are faced with anxiety over a change?

Management

• How can management skills help you implement positive strategies for dealing with change?
• What management skills are helpful when dealing with change?
• What management strategies will help establish short-term goals to adapt to the change?