Assume Good Intent: Managing Change from a Personal Standpoint or Leadership Role

Summary: Don’t like change? Sorry, it’s inevitable. In this blog post, Tom Olney, Velera’s Vice President of Organizational Development, offers some help: Instead of resisting change – or instituting change without considering the resistance of others – we can do some prep work to acknowledge the impact and move through the process with less discomfort.

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Tom Olney: As Vice President of Organizational Development, Tom Olney oversees Velera’s employee and leadership development programs. He also partners with Advisors Plus to offer organizational effectiveness workshops, succession planning, Organizational Change Management (OCM) consulting and support, coaching and customized team development workshops to financial institutions. Tom is passionate about helping leaders at all levels achieve better results through people; and he loves building coalitions to complete difficult projects, delighting the client, deepening relationships and leveraging emerging technology for creative solutions. He is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, with a Masters of Science, Industrial Organizational Psychology, and has more than four decades’ experience in Organizational Development, Project Management, OCM and Knowledge Management.

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