by Linda Hoopes | Dec 12, 2016 | Blog
When I get a little free time one of these days, I have a plan to design and market a t-shirt that simply says, in big letters: AFLO. And then, somewhere in smaller print, it will spell out the meaning (see the title of this article if you’re not clear.) I’ve shared...
by Linda Hoopes | Sep 23, 2016 | Blog
In parts 1 through 5 of this series I’ve talked about the causes and effects of change overload in organizations. Now it’s time to look at some solutions for managing overload. Here are 4 strategies that can be helpful: 1. Focus the organization In his...
by Linda Hoopes | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog, Organizational Resilience
The previous post in this series focused on the impact to individuals of change-related overload. This post will focus on the organizational implications. Almost every organization I’ve worked with in the past few years has a problem with change overload. A...
by Linda Hoopes | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Organizational Resilience
So far in this series we’ve talked about change demand and how multiple changes can combine to create overload. In this post we are going to focus on what happens to individuals when there is more change demand than they have the energy to absorb. Adapting to...
by Linda Hoopes | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Organizational Resilience
This is the first in a series of posts on managing change overload. This initial post focuses on change demand. When we say change is demanding, we may mean one or more of several things. Change activities are often additive to daily work. Most members of an...
by Linda Hoopes | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog, Research
I received the following question from a resilience practitioner: I continue to frame an individual’s stronger resilience characteristics as, just that, strengths—even gifts. (Where appropriate, I am promoting the idea of strength areas being a stewardship to...
