Delta7 Change Ltd » stress http://www.delta7.com Transforming your organisation one conversation at a time Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:13:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 The defensive cycle http://www.delta7.com/the-defensive-cycle/ http://www.delta7.com/the-defensive-cycle/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:12:33 +0000 Julian http://www.delta7.com/?p=2785 This picture represents a collection of comments that we heard in one organisation that was pushing through budget cuts.  Employees felt their jobs were under threat, so were unwilling to speak up about the pressure they were coming under.  Unable to prioritise or say no, they become less productive, inviting further pressure, and so the cycle continued.  When everyone’s feeling under threat our natural defensive inclination is to hide our fears and avoid challenging the status quo.

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