Today, we’re diving into a topic that affects every organization, every team, and quite frankly, all of us – resistance to change. As Waldman and O’Reilly (2022) found in their research, resistance to change is one of the main reasons why up to 70% of organizational changes fail to achieve their desired results. We will unpack why this happens and, more importantly, how you can successfully navigate it – especially in social work settings where the stakes are often incredibly high.

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