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**## Unit3-ResistancetoChangeUnderstandingandRationale.pdf**
Unit 3- Resistance to Change:
Understanding and Rationale
Professor: Omar Sakijha
• So, let’s begin with Contentment. In this room we feel focused and in control. Life
is good and our energies go into maintaining a good system rather than looking
for change.
• And then something or somebody comes along, and change appears. Our first
reactions to change are characterized by the Self-Censorship (denial) Room. It
is OK and perfectly ‘normal’ to be in denial initially and the phase can act as a way
of keeping us focused and not getting sidetracked. Important change will not go
away though and ultimately, we will recognize our need to respond. Our next
destination, therefore, is Confusion-Conflict.
• Willingness to respond to change is generally high, but clarity of what to do is low.
Typical responses can sound something like “I want to change how I do things,
but I just don’t know what or how to do it’.
• However, given the right support and time, clarity begins to emerge, and we step
into the room of Inspiration-Renewal. This is a room of high energy, possibilities
and creativity. The goals have a sharp focus, and we are highly motivated to
achieve them. Ultimately, we reap the rewards of renewal and arrive back in the
contentment room, at least for the time being!
•
The House of Change ( 4 rooms
Theory)
The House of Change ( 4 rooms Theory)
• The Four Rooms of Change is a theory that deals with change,
what happens to people and organizations in transition and how
they can influence the change process by taking responsibility for
their emotions and actions.
• The model was developed by the Swedish psychologist, Claes
Janssen as part of his groundbreaking research on the dynamics
of change.
• The four rooms – or psychological states of mind – are
Contentment, Self-censorship (denial), Confusion-Conflict and
Inspiration-Renewal.
What is change resistance
• Change resistance is the psychological, emotional, or behavioral reluctance or
opposition that individuals or groups within an organization may exhibit in
response to proposed or ongoing changes.
• It represents a natural tendency for people to resist modifications to established
routines, practices, or norms, particularly when those changes challenge their
comfort, familiarity, or perceived interests
• Change resistance can manifest in various forms, ranging from passive
disengagement and skepticism to active opposition and sabotage.
• It may arise from a combination of factors, including fear of the unknown, loss
aversion, concerns about job security or workload, distrust in leadership, and
attachment to existing ways of working or identities
Common factors of change
resistance
Fear of the unknown – “what is going to happen to me?!”
Loss aversion “Making this change means that this process that works really well for me is going to
go away”
Cognitive dissonance “I really like the current system, but I’m seeing some potential good uses for
what the new system offers…but I really hate to change what I am used to!”
Control and autonomy – “I don’t want to have to input all of my sales pipeline into a single
enterprise repository”
Lack of trust – “Leadership hasn’t done their homework on this… this system won’t meet my needs”
Emotional attachment – “I love being the ‘expert’ for our current system”
6
Resistance
• Resistance refers to the hidden behavior that counteracts and
restricts management attempts to exercise power and control in
the workplace.
• It has an application at all levels of the organizational hierarchy,
from shopfloor employees developing ways of combating
alienation through informal processes and actions; through
professional
Conflict and
resistance
(Outcomes)
• Sabotage – attempts to disrupt or destroy processes or products. This could include
breaking equipment or being rude to customers
• Escaping – removing oneself from work tasks. This could include absenteeism,
resignation, coming in late, going home early, or withdrawing mentally through
daydreaming or just ‘going through the motions’ of work without really thinking about
what you are doing
• Joking – making fun of one another with a requirement not to take offence, for
example joke-telling, bantering, practical jokes
• Fiddling – illegitimately acquiring company resources (time, equipment, services) for
personal use, such as stealing office supplies, messing around on the computer
instead of working
Implications of work resistance
Mckinsey 7S Change Management Model and its
Application
• Basically, this model of change management aligns the objectives of
organizational transitions to companies’ organizational design.
• Furthermore, McKinney 7S Model classifies the internal elements within
an organization into soft elements and hard elements.
• The hard elements identified under McKinsey's 7S Model include
structure, strategy, and systems.
• On the contrary, the soft elements as per the model include shared
values, skills, staff, and styles.
McKinsey 7S Framework
Read the Kodak article attached
12
ØAssess what lead them to Innovation Failure
ØMckinsey 7S Framework to resolve their failure in terms of
Strategy, Employee staffing, organizational structure and
Techological/ digitial failures.
ØHints and clues : to assess the employee motivation and
staffing issues use the ADKAR model first. Secondly, to
assesss the organizational as a whole use Mckinsey’s
model.
Thank you
Any questions ?
13
**## Unit2-Updatesslides.pdf**
Unit 2 – Assessing Organizational
Readiness for Change
Professor: Omar Sakijha
Main Objectives
• Discuss organizational readiness and its relation to Business
Transformation.
• Understanding the role of Leadership in Transformational
Management
What is organizational readiness?
• Think of it as the psychological and behavioral preparation of your
workforce to embrace and implement change effectively.
• It’s not just about having the necessary skills, but also about having
the right mindset, motivation, and support systems in place.
• When an organization is truly ready to make changes, its members
are engaged, open to new ideas, and willing to put in the effort to
make them successful.
• Simply put, it’s about creating an environment where employees
are motivated, equipped, and confident to navigate the journey of
change.
How to Implement Organization
readiness
Organizational readiness clarifies the link between people ( employees),
processes, systems and performance measurement ( Outcome/ KPI’s)
It requires strong coordination and alignment without which no
implementation will be successful.
Management vs
Leadership
Management produces order and consistency:
Planning, Budgeting, Establish agendas, allocate
resources, organizing and staffing, control, establish
rules and procedures, develop incentives ( Monetary
or praises), takes corrective action
Leadership produces change and movement: Creates
a vision, clarify the bigger picture, aligning people,
communicates goals, builds teams and collations,
motivates and inspires followers, empower’s others,
energizes the base.
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Another way of assessing the impact of traits on leadership is
through the concept of emotional intelligence, which emerged in the
1990s as an important area of study in psychology. It has been
widely studied by researchers, and has captured the attention of
many practitioners
Under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, has shifted focus
to cloud-based services and subscription models
Known for relentless focus on innovation and customer-
centricity, expanding into diverse industries
Ongoing efforts to adapt to changing consumer preferences
and technological trends
Industry disruptor, focused on electric vehicles (EVs),
renewable energy, autonomous driving
Alphabet – Long-term growth beyond its core search and
advertising business
Transformation in multinational
corporations
• Competition is increasingly global
• Workforce is more diverse
• Technology advances
• New trends and disruptive forces
• Responding to changes in sociocultural
expectations and preferences
• Managing risk
• Operating more efficiently
Why does culture matter in business?
Benefits of hiring from within to
achieve transformation
1. Employee Development and Upskilling: Organizations invest
in training and upskilling existing employees to prepare them for
roles in automation implementation, fostering loyalty and
retaining institutional knowledge.
Ø Certifications and specialized training programs validate
employees’ skills and expertise in automation technologies,
boosting their confidence and enhancing their value to the
organization
Benefits of hiring from within to
achieve Transformation
2) Hiring from within promotes a culture of internal mobility and career
growth, motivating employees to actively participate in automation
initiatives and embrace change.
Discussion
• How can adaptive leadership increase the level of organizational
resilence?
• How can Transfomational Leaders foster a culture of Innovation ?
• From your perspective how can leadership styles effect the
structure of an organization ( Democratic, Autocratic, Laissez-faire)?
Transformational leaders
motivate employees by adding idealized influence, inspirational
motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration to the
mix. In so doing, the theory suggests that they help employees to perform
beyond expectations.
Inspirational motivation: “Let me share a vision that transcends us
all.” Charismatic leaders.
Idealized influence: “We are here to do the right thing.”
Individualized consideration: “You have the opportunity to grow and
excel here.”
Intellectual stimulation: “Let me describe the great challenges we
can conquer together.”
Examples
1) Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had a vision—a
“dream,” as he put it—of racial equality.
2) Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving,
had a vision of getting rid of alcohol-related car crashes.
3) Apple Computer’s Steve Jobs 1: had a vision of developing
an “insanely great” desktop computer.
Transformational Leadership
Critiques
1) Lacks conceptual clarity (e.g., what does ‘idealized influence’ mean? Does
it mean the same to you as it does to me?)
2) Glorifies strong, controlling leaders who get stuff done but they can harm
companies if they push for negative changes
3)Does it transform people? Or is it just a way to get results?
Transactional leaders
motivate employees through an exchange process
involving rewarding and correcting.
This is much more in line with what rational economic
theory suggests managers will need to do in order to
negate some of the Principal-Agent problems.
Transactional leadership, done well, can help employees
to meet expected outcomes.
Authentic Leadership
Authentic leadership is another newer area of leadership research,
focusing on whether leadership is 'genuine' or 'real'. In recent
times, upheavals in society around topics such as 9/11, COVID-19,
populist politics and promotion of baseless ideas dressed up as
science or fact on social media (such as anti-vaccination and 5G
propaganda) have led to a culture of fear around fakeness and fake
news.
Anxiety and uncertainty prevail and as such, many long for bona
fide leaders who they feel they can trust, and who they believe are
honest and good (as opposed to just faking it).
Examples: Prime Minister of New Zealand and world leaders
Authentic
Leadership
Characteristics
Self-awareness: Authentic leaders have self-
understanding which they continue to develop
ongoingly. They use this to create a clear sense of
who they are and what they stand for. It gives them
an anchor for their decisions.
Internalized moral perspective: Authentic
leaders can self-regulate their behaviors and
actions based on their own, well-developed moral
standards and values
Balanced processing: Authentic leaders have
control over the extent to which they allow others
to influence them
Relational transparency: Authentic leaders are
open and honest in presenting their true self to
others.
Authentic Leadership
There is, however, no single theory of authentic leadership, and nor are its roots
originally in academia.
Rather, it emerged from a more practical body of work, particularly that by Bill George,
which creates a 'how to' of authentic leadership, coming from a training perspective and
focusing on real-life examples of what good authentic leadership looks like.
Some Qualities of a leader
• It’s a complex concept: No single, universal definition
• “Collective programming of the mind which distinguishes one group
from another” (Hofstede 1980, 25); “Mental programming … patterns
of thinking and feeling and potential acting” (Hofstede 1991a, 4).
• A pattern of shared basic assumptions of a society according to
national, organizational, regional, ethical, religious, linguistic, and
social characteristics (Schein, 1992; Chen & Staroata, 1998)
• “The way we do things here…”
The importance of culture
ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE
Organization culture is an
ongoing process
Strong healthy culture do not
happen by
chance and it is not easy
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Organizational culture should be how the firm achieve its mission by living its values & beliefs on a daily basis.
Fostering the right organizational culture is one of the most important responsabilities of a CEO
San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer says “It´s all about culture”
The 3 levels of culture are :
Behavior observable things people do & say or actions employees take (heroes, stories, slogans,
symbols, rituals & ceremonies)
Values & Beliefs represent the way people believe they ought to behave
Assumptions are values & beliefs so deeply ingrained that they are
considered unquestionable true.
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Hofstede’s cultural framework
• Born in the Netherlands
• PhD in Social Psychology
• Founded and managed the
Personnel Research Department of
IBM Europe
• Professor of Organizational Behavior,
Lausanne, France, the Netherlands and
Hong Kong
• Recognized internationally for having
developed the first empirical model
of “dimensions of national culture”
Geert Hofstede (1928-2020
Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions
• Conducted a comprehensive study of how values in the workplace are
influenced by culture
• The first and largest comprised answers of more than 100,000 IBM
employees samples from 40 different countries to the same attitude survey
questions
• They deal with four anthropological problem areas that different national
societies handle differently:
• ways of coping with inequality,
• ways of coping with uncertainty,
• the relationship of the individual with her or his primary group, and
• the emotional implications of having been born as a girl or as a boy
• Individualism versus Collectivism
• Masculinity versus Femininity
• Power Distance
• Uncertainty Avoidance
• Pragmatic versus Normative (added later following research with Bond
and Minkov 1991-2010)
• Indulgence versus Restraint –added in 2011
Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions
Individualism versus Collectivism
• Individualist societies have loose ties
between individuals: everyone is
expected to look after him/herself
and immediate family
• In Collectivist societies, people from
birth onwards are integrated into
strong, cohesive in-groups, often
extended families (with uncles, aunts
and grandparents) which continue
protecting them in exchange for
unquestioning loyalty
Individualism versus Collectivism
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Individualism rankings and
Economic classification
Masculinity versus Femininity
• A culture’s tendency
toward traditional
“feminine” values
such as relationship-
building, caring for
others, quality of life,
harmony and balance
• A culture’s tendency
toward traditional
“masculine” values
such as
competitiveness,
power, achievement,
and success
Masculinity versus Femininity
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Power Distance
• The extent to which the less
powerful members of
organizations and institutions
(like the family) accept and
expect that power is
distributed unevenly
Power Distance
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Power Distance rankings
Uncertainty Avoidance
• Uncertainty Avoidance deals with a
society's tolerance for uncertainty
and ambiguity
• Indicates the extent to which a
culture programs its
members to feel either
uncomfortable or comfortable in
unstructured situations
Uncertainty Avoidance
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
High versus Low
Uncertainty Avoidance
Long-Term versus Short Term Orientation
• Long-term orientation is oriented towards
future rewards, in particular saving,
persistence, perseverance, thrift,
ordering relationships by status, and
having a sense of shame ( Practical,
Pragmatic)
• Countries at the other end of the pole
show reciprocating social obligations,
respect for tradition, protecting one's
'face', and personal steadiness and
stability
Long-term vs. Short-term
Orientation
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Long Term versus Short Term
Orientations
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• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Japan
• Singapore
• Brazil
• India
• Germany
• Australia
• USA
• Canada
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
Indulgence versus Restraint
Indulgent societies allow
relatively free gratification of
basic and natural human
drives related to enjoying life
and having fun
Restrained societies suppress
gratification of needs and
regulate it by means of strict
social norm
Indulgence vs. Restraint
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Cultural implications of
transformation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o)
• You are a senior manager for Microsoft who is accountable for a team with
hundreds of members who are located in China, India, Germany and Canada.
The team is making plans for an additional $10 billion investment into AI and
IofT to build cloud and AI infrastructure across the EU.
• This will significantly increase the workload for your team. It will also result in
changing how your team operates, and may ultimately also result in mass
layoffs in 5-10 years.
• Senior management at Microsoft want the team’s assurances that their
investment into this transformation will be effective and pay off as expected.
• What kinds of cross-cultural dynamics will you need to consider as a leader?
How might you go about managing change implications for your team?
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**## Unit3-ResistancetoChangeUnderstandingandRationale.pdf**
Unit 3- Resistance to Change:
Understanding and Rationale
Professor: Omar Sakijha
• So, let’s begin with Contentment. In this room we feel focused and in control. Life
is good and our energies go into maintaining a good system rather than looking
for change.
• And then something or somebody comes along, and change appears. Our first
reactions to change are characterized by the Self-Censorship (denial) Room. It
is OK and perfectly ‘normal’ to be in denial initially and the phase can act as a way
of keeping us focused and not getting sidetracked. Important change will not go
away though and ultimately, we will recognize our need to respond. Our next
destination, therefore, is Confusion-Conflict.
• Willingness to respond to change is generally high, but clarity of what to do is low.
Typical responses can sound something like “I want to change how I do things,
but I just don’t know what or how to do it’.
• However, given the right support and time, clarity begins to emerge, and we step
into the room of Inspiration-Renewal. This is a room of high energy, possibilities
and creativity. The goals have a sharp focus, and we are highly motivated to
achieve them. Ultimately, we reap the rewards of renewal and arrive back in the
contentment room, at least for the time being!
•
The House of Change ( 4 rooms
Theory)
The House of Change ( 4 rooms Theory)
• The Four Rooms of Change is a theory that deals with change,
what happens to people and organizations in transition and how
they can influence the change process by taking responsibility for
their emotions and actions.
• The model was developed by the Swedish psychologist, Claes
Janssen as part of his groundbreaking research on the dynamics
of change.
• The four rooms – or psychological states of mind – are
Contentment, Self-censorship (denial), Confusion-Conflict and
Inspiration-Renewal.
What is change resistance
• Change resistance is the psychological, emotional, or behavioral reluctance or
opposition that individuals or groups within an organization may exhibit in
response to proposed or ongoing changes.
• It represents a natural tendency for people to resist modifications to established
routines, practices, or norms, particularly when those changes challenge their
comfort, familiarity, or perceived interests
• Change resistance can manifest in various forms, ranging from passive
disengagement and skepticism to active opposition and sabotage.
• It may arise from a combination of factors, including fear of the unknown, loss
aversion, concerns about job security or workload, distrust in leadership, and
attachment to existing ways of working or identities
Common factors of change
resistance
Fear of the unknown – “what is going to happen to me?!”
Loss aversion “Making this change means that this process that works really well for me is going to
go away”
Cognitive dissonance “I really like the current system, but I’m seeing some potential good uses for
what the new system offers…but I really hate to change what I am used to!”
Control and autonomy – “I don’t want to have to input all of my sales pipeline into a single
enterprise repository”
Lack of trust – “Leadership hasn’t done their homework on this… this system won’t meet my needs”
Emotional attachment – “I love being the ‘expert’ for our current system”
6
Resistance
• Resistance refers to the hidden behavior that counteracts and
restricts management attempts to exercise power and control in
the workplace.
• It has an application at all levels of the organizational hierarchy,
from shopfloor employees developing ways of combating
alienation through informal processes and actions; through
professional
Conflict and
resistance
(Outcomes)
• Sabotage – attempts to disrupt or destroy processes or products. This could include
breaking equipment or being rude to customers
• Escaping – removing oneself from work tasks. This could include absenteeism,
resignation, coming in late, going home early, or withdrawing mentally through
daydreaming or just ‘going through the motions’ of work without really thinking about
what you are doing
• Joking – making fun of one another with a requirement not to take offence, for
example joke-telling, bantering, practical jokes
• Fiddling – illegitimately acquiring company resources (time, equipment, services) for
personal use, such as stealing office supplies, messing around on the computer
instead of working
Implications of work resistance
Mckinsey 7S Change Management Model and its
Application
• Basically, this model of change management aligns the objectives of
organizational transitions to companies’ organizational design.
• Furthermore, McKinney 7S Model classifies the internal elements within
an organization into soft elements and hard elements.
• The hard elements identified under McKinsey's 7S Model include
structure, strategy, and systems.
• On the contrary, the soft elements as per the model include shared
values, skills, staff, and styles.
McKinsey 7S Framework
Read the Kodak article attached
12
ØAssess what lead them to Innovation Failure
ØMckinsey 7S Framework to resolve their failure in terms of
Strategy, Employee staffing, organizational structure and
Techological/ digitial failures.
ØHints and clues : to assess the employee motivation and
staffing issues use the ADKAR model first. Secondly, to
assesss the organizational as a whole use Mckinsey’s
model.
Thank you
Any questions ?
13
**## Unit2-Updatesslides.pdf**
Unit 2 – Assessing Organizational
Readiness for Change
Professor: Omar Sakijha
Main Objectives
• Discuss organizational readiness and its relation to Business
Transformation.
• Understanding the role of Leadership in Transformational
Management
What is organizational readiness?
• Think of it as the psychological and behavioral preparation of your
workforce to embrace and implement change effectively.
• It’s not just about having the necessary skills, but also about having
the right mindset, motivation, and support systems in place.
• When an organization is truly ready to make changes, its members
are engaged, open to new ideas, and willing to put in the effort to
make them successful.
• Simply put, it’s about creating an environment where employees
are motivated, equipped, and confident to navigate the journey of
change.
How to Implement Organization
readiness
Organizational readiness clarifies the link between people ( employees),
processes, systems and performance measurement ( Outcome/ KPI’s)
It requires strong coordination and alignment without which no
implementation will be successful.
Management vs
Leadership
Management produces order and consistency:
Planning, Budgeting, Establish agendas, allocate
resources, organizing and staffing, control, establish
rules and procedures, develop incentives ( Monetary
or praises), takes corrective action
Leadership produces change and movement: Creates
a vision, clarify the bigger picture, aligning people,
communicates goals, builds teams and collations,
motivates and inspires followers, empower’s others,
energizes the base.
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Another way of assessing the impact of traits on leadership is
through the concept of emotional intelligence, which emerged in the
1990s as an important area of study in psychology. It has been
widely studied by researchers, and has captured the attention of
many practitioners
Under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, has shifted focus
to cloud-based services and subscription models
Known for relentless focus on innovation and customer-
centricity, expanding into diverse industries
Ongoing efforts to adapt to changing consumer preferences
and technological trends
Industry disruptor, focused on electric vehicles (EVs),
renewable energy, autonomous driving
Alphabet – Long-term growth beyond its core search and
advertising business
Transformation in multinational
corporations
• Competition is increasingly global
• Workforce is more diverse
• Technology advances
• New trends and disruptive forces
• Responding to changes in sociocultural
expectations and preferences
• Managing risk
• Operating more efficiently
Why does culture matter in business?
Benefits of hiring from within to
achieve transformation
1. Employee Development and Upskilling: Organizations invest
in training and upskilling existing employees to prepare them for
roles in automation implementation, fostering loyalty and
retaining institutional knowledge.
Ø Certifications and specialized training programs validate
employees’ skills and expertise in automation technologies,
boosting their confidence and enhancing their value to the
organization
Benefits of hiring from within to
achieve Transformation
2) Hiring from within promotes a culture of internal mobility and career
growth, motivating employees to actively participate in automation
initiatives and embrace change.
Discussion
• How can adaptive leadership increase the level of organizational
resilence?
• How can Transfomational Leaders foster a culture of Innovation ?
• From your perspective how can leadership styles effect the
structure of an organization ( Democratic, Autocratic, Laissez-faire)?
Transformational leaders
motivate employees by adding idealized influence, inspirational
motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration to the
mix. In so doing, the theory suggests that they help employees to perform
beyond expectations.
Inspirational motivation: “Let me share a vision that transcends us
all.” Charismatic leaders.
Idealized influence: “We are here to do the right thing.”
Individualized consideration: “You have the opportunity to grow and
excel here.”
Intellectual stimulation: “Let me describe the great challenges we
can conquer together.”
Examples
1) Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had a vision—a
“dream,” as he put it—of racial equality.
2) Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving,
had a vision of getting rid of alcohol-related car crashes.
3) Apple Computer’s Steve Jobs 1: had a vision of developing
an “insanely great” desktop computer.
Transformational Leadership
Critiques
1) Lacks conceptual clarity (e.g., what does ‘idealized influence’ mean? Does
it mean the same to you as it does to me?)
2) Glorifies strong, controlling leaders who get stuff done but they can harm
companies if they push for negative changes
3)Does it transform people? Or is it just a way to get results?
Transactional leaders
motivate employees through an exchange process
involving rewarding and correcting.
This is much more in line with what rational economic
theory suggests managers will need to do in order to
negate some of the Principal-Agent problems.
Transactional leadership, done well, can help employees
to meet expected outcomes.
Authentic Leadership
Authentic leadership is another newer area of leadership research,
focusing on whether leadership is 'genuine' or 'real'. In recent
times, upheavals in society around topics such as 9/11, COVID-19,
populist politics and promotion of baseless ideas dressed up as
science or fact on social media (such as anti-vaccination and 5G
propaganda) have led to a culture of fear around fakeness and fake
news.
Anxiety and uncertainty prevail and as such, many long for bona
fide leaders who they feel they can trust, and who they believe are
honest and good (as opposed to just faking it).
Examples: Prime Minister of New Zealand and world leaders
Authentic
Leadership
Characteristics
Self-awareness: Authentic leaders have self-
understanding which they continue to develop
ongoingly. They use this to create a clear sense of
who they are and what they stand for. It gives them
an anchor for their decisions.
Internalized moral perspective: Authentic
leaders can self-regulate their behaviors and
actions based on their own, well-developed moral
standards and values
Balanced processing: Authentic leaders have
control over the extent to which they allow others
to influence them
Relational transparency: Authentic leaders are
open and honest in presenting their true self to
others.
Authentic Leadership
There is, however, no single theory of authentic leadership, and nor are its roots
originally in academia.
Rather, it emerged from a more practical body of work, particularly that by Bill George,
which creates a 'how to' of authentic leadership, coming from a training perspective and
focusing on real-life examples of what good authentic leadership looks like.
Some Qualities of a leader
• It’s a complex concept: No single, universal definition
• “Collective programming of the mind which distinguishes one group
from another” (Hofstede 1980, 25); “Mental programming … patterns
of thinking and feeling and potential acting” (Hofstede 1991a, 4).
• A pattern of shared basic assumptions of a society according to
national, organizational, regional, ethical, religious, linguistic, and
social characteristics (Schein, 1992; Chen & Staroata, 1998)
• “The way we do things here…”
The importance of culture
ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE
Organization culture is an
ongoing process
Strong healthy culture do not
happen by
chance and it is not easy
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Organizational culture should be how the firm achieve its mission by living its values & beliefs on a daily basis.
Fostering the right organizational culture is one of the most important responsabilities of a CEO
San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer says “It´s all about culture”
The 3 levels of culture are :
Behavior observable things people do & say or actions employees take (heroes, stories, slogans,
symbols, rituals & ceremonies)
Values & Beliefs represent the way people believe they ought to behave
Assumptions are values & beliefs so deeply ingrained that they are
considered unquestionable true.
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Hofstede’s cultural framework
• Born in the Netherlands
• PhD in Social Psychology
• Founded and managed the
Personnel Research Department of
IBM Europe
• Professor of Organizational Behavior,
Lausanne, France, the Netherlands and
Hong Kong
• Recognized internationally for having
developed the first empirical model
of “dimensions of national culture”
Geert Hofstede (1928-2020
Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions
• Conducted a comprehensive study of how values in the workplace are
influenced by culture
• The first and largest comprised answers of more than 100,000 IBM
employees samples from 40 different countries to the same attitude survey
questions
• They deal with four anthropological problem areas that different national
societies handle differently:
• ways of coping with inequality,
• ways of coping with uncertainty,
• the relationship of the individual with her or his primary group, and
• the emotional implications of having been born as a girl or as a boy
• Individualism versus Collectivism
• Masculinity versus Femininity
• Power Distance
• Uncertainty Avoidance
• Pragmatic versus Normative (added later following research with Bond
and Minkov 1991-2010)
• Indulgence versus Restraint –added in 2011
Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions
Individualism versus Collectivism
• Individualist societies have loose ties
between individuals: everyone is
expected to look after him/herself
and immediate family
• In Collectivist societies, people from
birth onwards are integrated into
strong, cohesive in-groups, often
extended families (with uncles, aunts
and grandparents) which continue
protecting them in exchange for
unquestioning loyalty
Individualism versus Collectivism
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Individualism rankings and
Economic classification
Masculinity versus Femininity
• A culture’s tendency
toward traditional
“feminine” values
such as relationship-
building, caring for
others, quality of life,
harmony and balance
• A culture’s tendency
toward traditional
“masculine” values
such as
competitiveness,
power, achievement,
and success
Masculinity versus Femininity
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Power Distance
• The extent to which the less
powerful members of
organizations and institutions
(like the family) accept and
expect that power is
distributed unevenly
Power Distance
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Power Distance rankings
Uncertainty Avoidance
• Uncertainty Avoidance deals with a
society's tolerance for uncertainty
and ambiguity
• Indicates the extent to which a
culture programs its
members to feel either
uncomfortable or comfortable in
unstructured situations
Uncertainty Avoidance
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
High versus Low
Uncertainty Avoidance
Long-Term versus Short Term Orientation
• Long-term orientation is oriented towards
future rewards, in particular saving,
persistence, perseverance, thrift,
ordering relationships by status, and
having a sense of shame ( Practical,
Pragmatic)
• Countries at the other end of the pole
show reciprocating social obligations,
respect for tradition, protecting one's
'face', and personal steadiness and
stability
Long-term vs. Short-term
Orientation
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Long Term versus Short Term
Orientations
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• China
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Japan
• Singapore
• Brazil
• India
• Germany
• Australia
• USA
• Canada
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
Indulgence versus Restraint
Indulgent societies allow
relatively free gratification of
basic and natural human
drives related to enjoying life
and having fun
Restrained societies suppress
gratification of needs and
regulate it by means of strict
social norm
Indulgence vs. Restraint
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Cultural implications of
transformation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o)
• You are a senior manager for Microsoft who is accountable for a team with
hundreds of members who are located in China, India, Germany and Canada.
The team is making plans for an additional $10 billion investment into AI and
IofT to build cloud and AI infrastructure across the EU.
• This will significantly increase the workload for your team. It will also result in
changing how your team operates, and may ultimately also result in mass
layoffs in 5-10 years.
• Senior management at Microsoft want the team’s assurances that their
investment into this transformation will be effective and pay off as expected.
• What kinds of cross-cultural dynamics will you need to consider as a leader?
How might you go about managing change implications for your team?
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**## Unit3-ResistancetoChangeUnderstandingandRationale.pdf**
Unit 3- Resistance to Change:
Understanding and Rationale
Professor: Omar Sakijha
• So, let’s begin with Contentment. In this room we feel focused and in control. Life
is good and our energies go into maintaining a good system rather than looking
for change.
• And then something or somebody comes along, and change appears. Our first
reactions to change are characterized by the Self-Censorship (denial) Room. It
is OK and perfectly ‘normal’ to be in denial initially and the phase can act as a way
of keeping us focused and not getting sidetracked. Important change will not go
away though and ultimately, we will recognize our need to respond. Our next
destination, therefore, is Confusion-Conflict.
• Willingness to respond to change is generally high, but clarity of what to do is low.
Typical responses can sound something like “I want to change how I do things,
but I just don’t know what or how to do it’.
• However, given the right support and time, clarity begins to emerge, and we step
into the room of Inspiration-Renewal. This is a room of high energy, possibilities
and creativity. The goals have a sharp focus, and we are highly motivated to
achieve them. Ultimately, we reap the rewards of renewal and arrive back in the
contentment room, at least for the time being!
•
The House of Change ( 4 rooms
Theory)
The House of Change ( 4 rooms Theory)
• The Four Rooms of Change is a theory that deals with change,
what happens to people and organizations in transition and how
they can influence the change process by taking responsibility for
their emotions and actions.
• The model was developed by the Swedish psychologist, Claes
Janssen as part of his groundbreaking research on the dynamics
of change.
• The four rooms – or psychological states of mind – are
Contentment, Self-censorship (denial), Confusion-Conflict and
Inspiration-Renewal.
What is change resistance
• Change resistance is the psychological, emotional, or behavioral reluctance or
opposition that individuals or groups within an organization may exhibit in
response to proposed or ongoing changes.
• It represents a natural tendency for people to resist modifications to established
routines, practices, or norms, particularly when those changes challenge their
comfort, familiarity, or perceived interests
• Change resistance can manifest in various forms, ranging from passive
disengagement and skepticism to active opposition and sabotage.
• It may arise from a combination of factors, including fear of the unknown, loss
aversion, concerns about job security or workload, distrust in leadership, and
attachment to existing ways of working or identities
Common factors of change
resistance
Fear of the unknown – “what is going to happen to me?!”
Loss aversion “Making this change means that this process that works really well for me is going to
go away”
Cognitive dissonance “I really like the current system, but I’m seeing some potential good uses for
what the new system offers…but I really hate to change what I am used to!”
Control and autonomy – “I don’t want to have to input all of my sales pipeline into a single
enterprise repository”
Lack of trust – “Leadership hasn’t done their homework on this… this system won’t meet my needs”
Emotional attachment – “I love being the ‘expert’ for our current system”
6
Resistance
• Resistance refers to the hidden behavior that counteracts and
restricts management attempts to exercise power and control in
the workplace.
• It has an application at all levels of the organizational hierarchy,
from shopfloor employees developing ways of combating
alienation through informal processes and actions; through
professional
Conflict and
resistance
(Outcomes)
• Sabotage – attempts to disrupt or destroy processes or products. This could include
breaking equipment or being rude to customers
• Escaping – removing oneself from work tasks. This could include absenteeism,
resignation, coming in late, going home early, or withdrawing mentally through
daydreaming or just ‘going through the motions’ of work without really thinking about
what you are doing
• Joking – making fun of one another with a requirement not to take offence, for
example joke-telling, bantering, practical jokes
• Fiddling – illegitimately acquiring company resources (time, equipment, services) for
personal use, such as stealing office supplies, messing around on the computer
instead of working
Implications of work resistance
Mckinsey 7S Change Management Model and its
Application
• Basically, this model of change management aligns the objectives of
organizational transitions to companies’ organizational design.
• Furthermore, McKinney 7S Model classifies the internal elements within
an organization into soft elements and hard elements.
• The hard elements identified under McKinsey's 7S Model include
structure, strategy, and systems.
• On the contrary, the soft elements as per the model include shared
values, skills, staff, and styles.
McKinsey 7S Framework
Read the Kodak article attached
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ØAssess what lead them to Innovation Failure
ØMckinsey 7S Framework to resolve their failure in terms of
Strategy, Employee staffing, organizational structure and
Techological/ digitial failures.
ØHints and clues : to assess the employee motivation and
staffing issues use the ADKAR model first. Secondly, to
assesss the organizational as a whole use Mckinsey’s
model.
Thank you
Any questions ?
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**## Unit2-Updatesslides.pdf**
Unit 2 – Assessing Organizational
Readiness for Change
Professor: Omar Sakijha
Main Objectives
• Discuss organizational readiness and its relation to Business
Transformation.
• Understanding the role of Leadership in Transformational
Management
What is organizational readiness?
• Think of it as the psychological and behavioral preparation of your
workforce to embrace and implement change effectively.
• It’s not just about having the necessary skills, but also about having
the right mindset, motivation, and support systems in place.
• When an organization is truly ready to make changes, its members
are engaged, open to new ideas, and willing to put in the effort to
make them successful.
• Simply put, it’s about creating an environment where employees
are motivated, equipped, and confident to navigate the journey of
change.
How to Implement Organization
readiness
Organizational readiness clarifies the link between people ( employees),
processes, systems and performance measurement ( Outcome/ KPI’s)
It requires strong coordination and alignment without which no
implementation will be successful.
Management vs
Leadership
Management produces order and consistency:
Planning, Budgeting, Establish agendas, allocate
resources, organizing and staffing, control, establish
rules and procedures, develop incentives ( Monetary
or praises), takes corrective action
Leadership produces change and movement: Creates
a vision, clarify the bigger picture, aligning people,
communicates goals, builds teams and collations,
motivates and inspires followers, empower’s others,
energizes the base.
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Another way of assessing the impact of traits on leadership is
through the concept of emotional intelligence, which emerged in the
1990s as an important area of study in psychology. It has been
widely studied by researchers, and has captured the attention of
many practitioners
Under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, has shifted focus
to cloud-based services and subscription models
Known for relentless focus on innovation and customer-
centricity, expanding into diverse industries
Ongoing efforts to adapt to changing consumer preferences
and technological trends
Industry disruptor, focused on electric vehicles (EVs),
renewable energy, autonomous driving
Alphabet – Long-term growth beyond its core search and
advertising business
Transformation in multinational
corporations
• Competition is increasingly global
• Workforce is more diverse
• Technology advances
• New trends and disruptive forces
• Responding to changes in sociocultural
expectations and preferences
• Managing risk
• Operating more efficiently
Why does culture matter in business?
Benefits of hiring from within to
achieve transformation
1. Employee Development and Upskilling: Organizations invest
in training and upskilling existing employees to prepare them for
roles in automation implementation, fostering loyalty and
retaining institutional knowledge.
Ø Certifications and specialized training programs validate
employees’ skills and expertise in automation technologies,
boosting their confidence and enhancing their value to the
organization
Benefits of hiring from within to
achieve Transformation
2) Hiring from within promotes a culture of internal mobility and career
growth, motivating employees to actively participate in automation
initiatives and embrace change.
Discussion
• How can adaptive leadership increase the level of organizational
resilence?
• How can Transfomational Leaders foster a culture of Innovation ?
• From your perspective how can leadership styles effect the
structure of an organization ( Democratic, Autocratic, Laissez-faire)?
Transformational leaders
motivate employees by adding idealized influence, inspirational
motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration to the
mix. In so doing, the theory suggests that they help employees to perform
beyond expectations.
Inspirational motivation: “Let me share a vision that transcends us
all.” Charismatic leaders.
Idealized influence: “We are here to do the right thing.”
Individualized consideration: “You have the opportunity to grow and
excel here.”
Intellectual stimulation: “Let me describe the great challenges we
can conquer together.”
Examples
1) Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had a vision—a
“dream,” as he put it—of racial equality.
2) Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving,
had a vision of getting rid of alcohol-related car crashes.
3) Apple Computer’s Steve Jobs 1: had a vision of developing
an “insanely great” desktop computer.
Transformational Leadership
Critiques
1) Lacks conceptual clarity (e.g., what does ‘idealized influence’ mean? Does
it mean the same to you as it does to me?)
2) Glorifies strong, controlling leaders who get stuff done but they can harm
companies if they push for negative changes
3)Does it transform people? Or is it just a way to get results?
Transactional leaders
motivate employees through an exchange process
involving rewarding and correcting.
This is much more in line with what rational economic
theory suggests managers will need to do in order to
negate some of the Principal-Agent problems.
Transactional leadership, done well, can help employees
to meet expected outcomes.
Authentic Leadership
Authentic leadership is another newer area of leadership research,
focusing on whether leadership is 'genuine' or 'real'. In recent
times, upheavals in society around topics such as 9/11, COVID-19,
populist politics and promotion of baseless ideas dressed up as
science or fact on social media (such as anti-vaccination and 5G
propaganda) have led to a culture of fear around fakeness and fake
news.
Anxiety and uncertainty prevail and as such, many long for bona
fide leaders who they feel they can trust, and who they believe are
honest and good (as opposed to just faking it).
Examples: Prime Minister of New Zealand and world leaders
Authentic
Leadership
Characteristics
Self-awareness: Authentic leaders have self-
understanding which they continue to develop
ongoingly. They use this to create a clear sense of
who they are and what they stand for. It gives them
an anchor for their decisions.
Internalized moral perspective: Authentic
leaders can self-regulate their behaviors and
actions based on their own, well-developed moral
standards and values
Balanced processing: Authentic leaders have
control over the extent to which they allow others
to influence them
Relational transparency: Authentic leaders are
open and honest in presenting their true self to
others.
Authentic Leadership
There is, however, no single theory of authentic leadership, and nor are its roots
originally in academia.
Rather, it emerged from a more practical body of work, particularly that by Bill George,
which creates a 'how to' of authentic leadership, coming from a training perspective and
focusing on real-life examples of what good authentic leadership looks like.
Some Qualities of a leader
• It’s a complex concept: No single, universal definition
• “Collective programming of the mind which distinguishes one group
from another” (Hofstede 1980, 25); “Mental programming … patterns
of thinking and feeling and potential acting” (Hofstede 1991a, 4).
• A pattern of shared basic assumptions of a society according to
national, organizational, regional, ethical, religious, linguistic, and
social characteristics (Schein, 1992; Chen & Staroata, 1998)
• “The way we do things here…”
The importance of culture
ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE
Organization culture is an
ongoing process
Strong healthy culture do not
happen by
chance and it is not easy
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Organizational culture should be how the firm achieve its mission by living its values & beliefs on a daily basis.
Fostering the right organizational culture is one of the most important responsabilities of a CEO
San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer says “It´s all about culture”
The 3 levels of culture are :
Behavior observable things people do & say or actions employees take (heroes, stories, slogans,
symbols, rituals & ceremonies)
Values & Beliefs represent the way people believe they ought to behave
Assumptions are values & beliefs so deeply ingrained that they are
considered unquestionable true.
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Hofstede’s cultural framework
• Born in the Netherlands
• PhD in Social Psychology
• Founded and managed the
Personnel Research Department of
IBM Europe
• Professor of Organizational Behavior,
Lausanne, France, the Netherlands and
Hong Kong
• Recognized internationally for having
developed the first empirical model
of “dimensions of national culture”
Geert Hofstede (1928-2020
Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions
• Conducted a comprehensive study of how values in the workplace are
influenced by culture
• The first and largest comprised answers of more than 100,000 IBM
employees samples from 40 different countries to the same attitude survey
questions
• They deal with four anthropological problem areas that different national
societies handle differently:
• ways of coping with inequality,
• ways of coping with uncertainty,
• the relationship of the individual with her or his primary group, and
• the emotional implications of having been born as a girl or as a boy
• Individualism versus Collectivism
• Masculinity versus Femininity
• Power Distance
• Uncertainty Avoidance
• Pragmatic versus Normative (added later following research with Bond
and Minkov 1991-2010)
• Indulgence versus Restraint –added in 2011
Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions
Individualism versus Collectivism
• Individualist societies have loose ties
between individuals: everyone is
expected to look after him/herself
and immediate family
• In Collectivist societies, people from
birth onwards are integrated into
strong, cohesive in-groups, often
extended families (with uncles, aunts
and grandparents) which continue
protecting them in exchange for
unquestioning loyalty
Individualism versus Collectivism
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Individualism rankings and
Economic classification
Masculinity versus Femininity
• A culture’s tendency
toward traditional
“feminine” values
such as relationship-
building, caring for
others, quality of life,
harmony and balance
• A culture’s tendency
toward traditional
“masculine” values
such as
competitiveness,
power, achievement,
and success
Masculinity versus Femininity
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Power Distance
• The extent to which the less
powerful members of
organizations and institutions
(like the family) accept and
expect that power is
distributed unevenly
Power Distance
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. etrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Power Distance rankings
Uncertainty Avoidance
• Uncertainty Avoidance deals with a
society's tolerance for uncertainty
and ambiguity
• Indicates the extent to which a
culture programs its
members to feel either
uncomfortable or comfortable in
unstructured situations
Uncertainty Avoidance
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
High versus Low
Uncertainty Avoidance
Long-Term versus Short Term Orientation
• Long-term orientation is oriented towards
future rewards, in particular saving,
persistence, perseverance, thrift,
ordering relationships by status, and
having a sense of shame ( Practical,
Pragmatic)
• Countries at the other end of the pole
show reciprocating social obligations,
respect for tradition, protecting one's
'face', and personal steadiness and
stability
Long-term vs. Short-term
Orientation
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Long Term versus Short Term
Orientations
LO
N
G
TER
M
O
R
IEN
TATIO
N
SH
O
R
T
TER
M
O
R
IEN
TATIO
N
• China
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Japan
• Singapore
• Brazil
• India
• Germany
• Australia
• USA
• Canada
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
Indulgence versus Restraint
Indulgent societies allow
relatively free gratification of
basic and natural human
drives related to enjoying life
and having fun
Restrained societies suppress
gratification of needs and
regulate it by means of strict
social norm
Indulgence vs. Restraint
Geert Hofstede. Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Retrieved from
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=orpc
Cultural implications of
transformation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtRpf-EV-o)
• You are a senior manager for Microsoft who is accountable for a team with
hundreds of members who are located in China, India, Germany and Canada.
The team is making plans for an additional $10 billion investment into AI and
IofT to build cloud and AI infrastructure across the EU.
• This will significantly increase the workload for your team. It will also result in
changing how your team operates, and may ultimately also result in mass
layoffs in 5-10 years.
• Senior management at Microsoft want the team’s assurances that their
investment into this transformation will be effective and pay off as expected.
• What kinds of cross-cultural dynamics will you need to consider as a leader?
How might you go about managing change implications for your team?
https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison-tool?
Let’s discuss!
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Thank you!
Do you have any questions?
• Don’t hesitate to email me at any time!
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