Feelings (associated with change)

• Uncomfortable
• Awful
• Frustrated
• Scared
• Fearful
• Exhaustion
• Resentment
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Feel like giving up or why bother versus need to help my students — I want to work with learners — constant tension
• Motivation
• Enthusiasm
• Determination
• Challenged
• Tension
• Fear
• Guilt
• Overwhelmed
• Stressed

Results

• Painful — walking wounded
• Drags you down
• Feel like I don't care — just surviving
• Crying
• Withdrawing
• Verbally angry
• Feel sick about going to work
• Waiting for the weekend — imagining how you would feel if you were excited about going to work

Definitions of change

• One reality is that the past does not equal the future
• Change = challenge + new opportunity

Elements that affect our response to change

• What can you control and what you cannot control?
• Not getting the job done is a performance issue versus not getting the way you want is not