Obstacles to Opportunities:
Managing Change in the 21^st Century

The idea of change as a smoothly flowing river may once have seemed appropriate, but whatever change is today it is anything but smooth.  For centuries change was slow, gradual, manageable. That is no longer the case; none of us is insulated from the effects of change.  It surrounds us, we are surrounded by it, and we live in it.  The challenge is how to deal with it on a day-to-day, hour-to-hour and sometimes minute-to-minute basis. 

Many organizations today are asking their people to flex with and respond to change.  Change is about energy and focusing that energy.  It is about taking personal, responsibility.   Taking charge of change instead of letting change take charge of you.

Learning Objectives:
	Define change
	Identify common barriers to the acceptance of change
	Develop positive responses to unexpected and anticipated change
	Employ strategies to work most effectively with others
	Employ ways to overcome barriers
	Identify and use available resources and systems
	Increase awareness of attitudes toward time
	Learn to plan time by setting priorities and developing action plans