“Who Moved My Cheese?”
An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life.
“Who Moved My Cheese” uses cheese as a metaphor to explore how differently people deal with change. The tale has been used by businesses to help employees address change and stress in the workplace. In fact, the United States Depart of Labor lists this book as one that has shaped work in America.
This assignment introduces us to Change Management. View the video link below (which is a movie of the book – approximately 12 minutes long).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilUaGnloq_8
One concept from this book is to transform adversity into a personal advantage. Answer the information below in a Discussion Board post. After you post your information, respond to two other classmates.
1. List personal challenges you have overcome in the past.
2.Determine which character from the book you most relate and explain why?
3.Create a list of ways to deal with impending changes and categorize these ways as positive or negative.
4. Explain how you can face a complex problem and fix or at least adapt to the situation.
Sample Solution
1. I have overcome personal challenges such as learning to manage my time better, stick to a strict budget, and build strong relationships with others.
2.I most relate to Hem in the book because he was determined not to give up no matter how hard things got, even when he experienced failure or setbacks. He kept his focus on what he wanted and continued to take risks in order to move forward.
3.Positive ways of dealing with impending changes include remaining open-minded, staying positive and proactively making adjustments where necessary. Negative ways of dealing with change can include avoiding or denying it altogether or becoming overwhelmed by it.
4.To face complex problems, I would start by breaking them down into smaller pieces which are easier to tackle one at a time - this helps break the problem down into more manageable chunks so that solutions can be found for each part independently rather than trying and failing as a whole action entity/task force/group effort etc.. Additionally, I find it helpful to brainstorm possible solutions from different angles whilst keeping an open mind about all potential outcomes; this allows me access thought processes from multiple perspectives which often brings new ideas and solutions out from places you may have never thought of looking before! Finally, don’t be afraid of taking some calculated risks – sometimes these “risks” will pay off if your judgement is sound enough; just remember that you must accept the possible consequences if things don’t go as planned!