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Creating the Onion Model Part 2
Yesterday, I posted the first part of an article published in the September 2011 issue of Training Journal. I describe how I developed the Onion Model that is at the centre of The Handling Resistance Pocketbook. Here is Part 2 … Continue reading
Creating the Onion Model
In the September 2011 issue of Training Journal, I describe how I developed the Onion Model that is at the centre of The Handling Resistance Pocketbook. Here is that article. Models are the way that human beings understand our world, … Continue reading
Resistance to Engagement Part 2
In yesterday’s post, Part 1, we started looking at resistance to engagement, by looking at the basics of the onion model and then peeling the first layer: “I don’t understand why you want me to engage with you.” In this … Continue reading
Resistance to Engagement Part 1
People want to be engaged. They want to be treated fairly, to be consulted about what is happening, and to feel valued and supported. Yet employee engagement initiatives often meet with scepticism, resistance and even hostility. Why is this? Can … Continue reading
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Tagged Employee engagement, onion model, resistance, resistance to engagement
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Handling Resistance to Engagement
This month’s edition of Training Journal is focused on the topic of “engagement”, seven feature articles dedicated to the topic. I was honoured to be asked by the editor, Elizabeth Eyre, to contribute. My article “Resistance to Engagement” builds on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Employee engagement, onion model, resistance, resistance to engagement, Training Journal
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Where did the onion come from?
The core of The Handling Resistance Pocketbook is “The Onion Model”. Indeed, one of the drivers for writing it was to put my “onion model of resistance” into the wider world. I originally developed this in the context of resistance … Continue reading
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