Human Dimensions of Change
and Team Working - Hannah Wall, National Improvement Lead
Presentation from the Productive Endoscopy Workshop, Tuesday 15th October 2013 at Ambassadors Bloomsbury , London, WC1H 0HX
This meeting brought together teams from around the country, and embarked on creating and testing the productive endoscopy toolkit. The aim of the day is to allow time with your team for sharing of experiences and exchange of good practice, learn how to apply lean techniques and hear the impact of successfully implemented case studies.
1. Human Dimensions of Change
and Team Working
Hannah Wall
National Improvement Lead
2. Aims of this session
• To understand the importance of team
working to create successful improvements
• To recognise that managing change for
individuals and within teams is a fundamental
part of service improvement
• To recognise individual styles within teams
and how those styles respond to change
• To offer tools to help in the acceptance of
new ways of working
• To understand the role of improvement
leader
3. Teams in endoscopy
•
•
•
•
Scheduling/ booking
Decon
Procedure room
Whole unit
Good team work is essential everyday for:
safety, efficiency, productivity and morale.
11. We have all been laggards
•
•
•
•
•
•
iPhone 7?
Self-service scans at the checkout?
Hybrid cars?
eBay?
Flat screen TV?
Analogue vs digital?
12. Competence/ Confidence/Self esteem
Transition Curve
Move
Mobilise
Sustain
8. Acceptance
4. Anger
2. Hysteria
5. Bargaining
3. Denial
7. Testing
1. Shock
6. Depression
Time
Source – Based on Kubler-Ross 1969, Adam,
Hayes and Hopson, 1976 and Virginia Satir (1991)
13. Competence/ Confidence/Self esteem
Transition Curve
Mobilise
Move
Sustain
8. Acceptance
4. Anger
2. Hysteria
5. Bargaining
Minimise shock
Discuss
Listen
implications with
empathise, support
Full and early
individuals and
communication
Don’t
3. Denial suppress
teams
of intentions,
conflict or different
possibilities and
Pay attention to
views of emotions
overall change of people’s needs
Remember people
1. Shock
direction
and concerns
aren’t necessarily
Practice patience
attacking you
personally
Encourage
Discuss
Paint a vision
Reflect
Foster
communication
Celebrate
success
Create goals and
opportunities
Coach
Prepare to
start again!
7. Testing
6. Depression
Delegate
Time
Source – Based on Kubler-Ross 1969, Adam,
Hayes and Hopson, 1976 and Virginia Satir (1991)
14. We are all different
•
•
•
•
Amiable
Driver
Analyst
Expressive
Merrill D.W. and Reid R.H.(1999)
Personal Styles and Effective Performance:
make your style work for you
15. Analyst: the Technical Specialist
•
•
•
•
Accurate
Conscientious
Serious
Persistent
• Organised
• Deliberate
• Cautious
24. The Analyst:
Technical Specialist
May be perceived
positively as
May be perceived
negatively as
How to work better
with analysts
• accurate
• critical
• tell how first
• conscientious
• picky
• list pros & cons
• serious
• moralistic
• be accurate & logical
• persistent
• stuffy
• provide evidence
• organised
• stubborn
• provide deadlines
• deliberate
• indecisive
• give them time
• cautious
• don’t rush or surprise
26. The Amiable:
Relationship Specialist
May be perceived
positively as
May be perceived
negatively as
How to work better
with amiables
• patient
• hesitant
• tell why & who first
• respectful
• ‘wishy-washy’
• ask instead of telling
• willing
• pliant
• draw out their opinions
• agreeable
• conforming
• chat about their life
• dependable
• dependent
• define expectations
• concerned
• unsure
• strive for harmony
• relaxed
• laid back
• organised
• mature
• empathetic
28. The Expressive:
Social Specialist
May be perceived May be perceived
positively as
negatively as
How to work better
with expressives
• verbal
• a talker
• tell who first
• inspiring
• overly dramatic
• be enthusiastic
• ambitious
• impulsive
• allow for fun
• enthusiastic
• undisciplined
• support their creativity &
intuition
• energetic
• excitable
• talk about people & goals
• confident
• egotistical
• value feelings & opinions
• friendly
• flaky
• keep fast paced
• influential
• manipulating
• be flexible
30. The Driver:
Command Specialist
May be perceived
positively as
May be perceived
negatively as
How to work better
with drivers
• decisive
• pushy
• tell what & when first
• independent
• one man show
• keep fast paced
• practical
• tough
• don’t waste time
• determined
• demanding
• be business like
• efficient
• dominating
• give some freedom
• assertive
• an agitator
• talk results
• risk-taker
• cuts corners
• find shortcuts
• direct
• insensitive
• a problem solver
31. Fears about change
Analytical
Driver
•not enough information
•making a wrong decision
•being forced to decide
•loss of control
•failure
•lack of purpose
Amiable
Expressive
•damaged relationships
•confrontations
•not being recognised
for efforts
•being ignored
•being asked for detail
•being linked with failure
Merrill D, Reid R (1991) Personal Styles and
Effective Performance, CRC Press, London
32. Case study
An Improvement Leader (driver) was keen to
bring about a change to reduce waiting
times for patients. However, she initially
failed to realise her list of pros and cons was
not sufficient to convince her ‘amiable’
colleague. Her colleague needed to feel
convinced that it was a real improvement
from the patients’ point of view.
33. How can we take this forward?
• Recognise different types within your teams
• Understand individuals must see the ‘what’s in it for me?’
• Consider the strengths of each type and how they will
respond when faced with change
• Which types are similar and which clash
• Remember everyone will go through the transition curve at
a different speed
• Fears should be dealt with and expectations should be
managed realistically
34. Diffusion of Innovations
• Work with people initially who want to get involved
• Rather than repeating the argument for change modify your
approach to those who fall in the latter half of the curve
• If you engage 20% of a population, the rest will follow
35. Improvement tools (1)
1. Verbal communication
- 1:1s
- Team meetings
- Daily ‘huddle’ – highly inclusive 15 min meeting every morning led
by different people every day
36. Improvement tools (2)
2. Encourage and act upon staff feedback
- Create opportunities for people to express their views e.g. anonymous
opinion board in a less used area with frequent responses or a staff
survey
37. Improvement tools (3)
3. Visual management
- Show publically how the unit is performing and praise achievements
39. Leading Improvement
Leading improvement – basically it’s all about the leader
having a mind set change from one of fire fighting to one of
continuous improvement
Quote from NHS Institute