Why do employees fear the unknown and a lack of skills during times of organizational change? They believe that if something isn’t broken, there is no need to change anything, so they will be resistant to learning more effective processes. They are concerned about what the future of the organization looks like and want full communication and skills training to help them adapt to changes. They think that the organization has not provided adequate on-the-job training for employees to be able to grow with the organization. They are looking forward to learning new skills as teammates leave the organization and workflows have to be reestablished.

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Why do employees fear the unknown and a lack of skills during times of organizational change?

They believe that if something isn’t broken, there is no need to change anything, so they will be resistant to learning more effective processes.
They are concerned about what the future of the organization looks like and want full communication and skills training to help them adapt to changes.
They think that the organization has not provided adequate on-the-job training for employees to be able to grow with the organization.
They are looking forward to learning new skills as teammates leave the organization and workflows have to be reestablished.