How we change what others think, feel, believe and do

Involvement

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Method | Example | Discussion | See also

Method

Get them involved in the change. Invite them to participate in discussions. Give them things to do.

Example

A manager whose cooperation with change is essential is given a leading role where they are co-opted onto the main steering committee and are required to go out to various places in the organization and help persuade others.

Discussion

When people are a part of something, they bond with it, making it a part of their identity. When they become attached then they attach their fate and objectives with that something.

In this way, when they attach themselves to a change, if the change succeeds, they succeed, and vice versa. In some sense, they become the change and the change becomes them -- this is what full bonding is: an undifferentiated merging of identities.