Who Moved My Cheese?

Presented by:

Shelley Rinehart, M.A.

Director of Educational Planning& Counseling

San Jacinto College South

Remember when…

Playing outside until dark (Red Light, Green

Light, Red Rover)

Tapes & Records

Floppy Discs

Maps

Microsoft 2003

Legacy

Others…

What is CHANGE?

Doing things differently

Seeing things in a new way

Adjusting to surprises

Ideas with new twists

Change affects everyone differently;

there is no “normal.”

Change is an essential element of the

world and it must be accepted.

Adapting to change is about our

attitude.

We have to grief for what we are

letting go of.

Change is an opportunity for self-

motivation and innovation.

We can identify strategies for

accepting and implementing our

changes.

About change…

“Nobody likes change but

wet babies…and often

they cry through the

entire process.”

~Anonymous

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked,

while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with

the wind.

~Bruce Lee

“I can’t change the

direction of the wind,

but I can adjust my sails

to always reach my

destination.”

~Jimmy Dean

You’ve got to continue

to grow, or you’re just

like last night’s

cornbread

…stale and dry.

~Loretta Lynn

Who Moved My Cheese?

Cheese is whatever is important to you the way you do your job, health,relationships with other people, peace of mind, etc.

The Maze is where you look for Cheese your organization, community, or family.

What is your Cheese, and where are you looking for it?

The Movie

Who Are You In The Story?

SNIFF

who can smell

change in the air

SCURRY

who goes into

action immediately

HEM

who does not want

to change

“It’s Not Fair!”

HAW

who is startled by change,

but then laughs at himself,

changes, and moves on

to Enjoy New Cheese!

The Sniff, Scurry, Hem & Haw

Parts of Ourselves

We may have a little bit of each

of these characters in us - which

we can use to help us deal with

change.

Expect change to occur at work

& in life.

How Can You Sniff Out

Change & Succeed?

Adapt – change what you are

doing – and win!

Sniff out small changes now that

alert you to the larger changes

that lay ahead.

Once you have sniffed out the

changes that are happening, get

moving in a new direction ASAP.

If you get lost, change your

direction by taking a different

action.

Adapt – change what you are

doing – and win!

How Can You Scurry Into

Action & Succeed?

Don’t hem and haw – go beyond

your comfort or fear.

Don’t deny that change is happening.

Don’t get angry, or bargain orbecome depressed. If you playHem’s victim game, you will beleft behind.

Adapt – change what you are

doing – and win!

How Can You Avoid

Losing Like Hem?

Adapt – change what you are doing

- and win!

See yourself enjoying somethingbetter and go into the Maze forNew Cheese.

Get in touch with reality - change is

occurring.

Adjust – laugh at yourself if you

are resisting change.

How Can You Be Like

Haw & Succeed?

Relating To Other

Sniffs, Scurrys, Hems & Haws

In Your Organization and Family

There Are Many Kinds of People In the Maze

— From Co-workers to Students —And Each Needs to Be Treated Differently

“Sniffs” can help you create a vision of New Cheese by sniffing out change and its opportunities.

Relating to “SNIFFS”

“Sniffs” want to work with organizations and be in families that recognize change

and adapt in time.

Encourage “Sniffs” to identifychanges that result in newproducts & services customerswant, or new ways to enjoy abetter family.

Support and reward Scurrys for their

innovative ways of finding New Cheese

Relating to “SCURRYS”

Scurrys are energetic & like to get things

done quickly.

Encourage Scurrys to take new

actions-Now!

Scurrys want to work with

organizations & be in families that

value action and results.

Scurrys need to clearly focus on the Vision

of New Cheese so they don’t waste

resources scurrying off in the wrong

direction.

Relating to “HEMS”

Hems are anchors who slow things

down.Hems are too comfortable or too

afraid to change and they do not

realize the danger in not changing.

Provide Hems with a sensible

Vision of New Cheese where they

can see how changing works to

their advantage.

Position change in a way that

shows Hems that changing will

increase their sense of security.

Haws are reluctant to change, but canadapt in time.

Relating to “HAWS”

Encourage Haws to expectchange to happen and activelylook for it.

Haws like to be in organizationsand families that bring out the bestin people & give them the training& tools to change.

Haws understand people’s reluctance to change & can paint a realistic vision of New Cheese that makes sense to most people.

The VISION lights the way forHems to proceed through the Mazewith a greater sense of safety.

Turning“HEMS” into“HAWS”

Show Hems “The Handwriting onthe Wall” so they realize howchanging works to their advantageand that not changing is dangerous.

If Hems choose to enter theMaze, they will find it is not asscary as they had feared. If theybecome Haws, they can findNew Cheese.

MOVE YOUR OWN CHEESE!

Change Your Beliefs About Change

Change how you see change so it works to your advantage—by seeing it

not as a loss but as a gain.

Imagine Your New Cheese

See yourself enjoying your gain in realistic detail so you come

to believe it & you enjoy pursuing it.

Do things differently and gain

something better!

Take New

Actions

What Could

YOUR

New Cheese Be?

Imagining Yourself Enjoying

New Cheese, Even Before

You Find It, Leads You To It

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• Now Imagine Something That

You Would Like to See

Happening at Work or in Life.

• Paint Such A Clear Picture

That You Already Feel

Yourself Enjoying It.

• Think of It As “To Brie or Not

To Brie?”

• Close Your Eyes, Smile And

Imagine How You Want Things

to Brie.

THE HANDWRITING

ON THE WALL

Change Happens

They Keep Moving the Cheese

Anticipate Change

Get Ready For The Cheese To Move

Monitor Change

Smell The Cheese Often So You

Know When It Is Getting Old

Adapt To Change Quickly

The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese,

The Sooner You Can Enjoy New Cheese

Change

Move With The Cheese

Enjoy Change!

Savor The Adventure And

Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese!

Be Ready To Quickly Change

& Enjoy It, Again, And Again!

They Keep Moving The Cheese

What would you add to the

Handwriting on the wall?

It is not the strongest

who survive,

nor the most intelligent,

but those who are

most responsive to

change.

…in other words…Move To The New Cheese

And Enjoy It!

The End… or is it …

A New Beginning?

By Participating You Have Already

Started The Process of Change!