As the University moves through a period of rapid change, it is often most helpful to determine where we fit now and how we can adapt to and embrace the future.
Most employees respond to workplace change in one of three ways.
However, road runner employees sometimes are so quick to change, they are off on the wrong road in a cloud of dust. Chameleons are like lizards in the desert they change the color of their skins if environmental conditions are right. If work conditions are environmentally right for change, they will adjust. If change occurs in an aversive manner, chameleon employees will cling to the old skin and resist the change. The third way of adapting to change is represented in the turtle.