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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008
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If you’ve read my past
columns, you know
that I help individuals
and organizations improve.
But improvement is a funny
thing. When it occurs, people
seem to relish it. A lot of peo
ple, however, resist making a
commitment to intentional
improvement!
I love finding suggestions
to help my clients improve.
In recent months, I found
multiple references describ
ing “six stages of change.”
I’m familiar with several
change models, but I had
not read anything about this
particular one.
So, I put “six stages of
change” into an internet
search engine. I discovered
Changing for Good, a 1994
book by James Prochaska,
John Norcross, and Carlo
Diclemente. All are psy
chologists and college pro-
Museum of Aviation to host Embry-Riddle commencement ceremony
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Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University’s
Worldwide Campus locations
at Robins Air Force Base,
Atlanta, and Columbus, will
conduct a commencement
ceremony in the Museum of
Aviation, Century of Flight
Hangar at Warner Robins at
noon Saturday.
A reception in the hangar
will follow.
At the ceremony, 58 stu
dents will receive undergrad
uate degrees in professional
aeronautics and technical
management and gradu
ate degrees in aeronautical
science, management, and
technical management.
The graduates are civilian
and military personnel from
the three campus locations.
The degrees will be con
ferred by Rachel M. Vigness,
PROPOSAL
From page 4A
of public hearings, which
we and others did, weighed
all that was said from the
community and developers
against how it was received
by the council, you would get
the feeling a compromise is
coming.
But that’s a guess at best.
Hearing developers talk
among themselves off to
the side, as well as formally
before the council, a com
promise is unacceptable.
They don't want any increase
because they believe they’re
already - and have been
- paying above and beyond
MONCRIEF
From page 4A
Ditto for the electric folks.
And the officer? Well I sus
pect in his job he’s heard
it all (the telephone and
electric I’m sure have heard
some doozies), every excuse,
every complaint, every off
the-wall (off-the-planet?)
explanation possible. And
just when he thinks he’s
heard it all, somebody comes
up with a new one. How
could he - they - not build
up a wall of skepticism?
At some point, however, if
we’re ever to return to being
a truly loving, caring society,
somebody has to break the
viscous cycle.
Will it be one of them? Will
it be you? Will it be me?
I’ll bet at the very heart of
it all, we could all learn a lot
from a 98-year-old Christian
woman named Anna Baker,
who’s lived a generation
or two. How to watch out
for our neighbor. The dif
ference between right and
wrong (the real difference,
not the gray areas we have
today). How to judge people
as “good” “first” and fore
most. What they do from
there is on them.
We could learn a lot about
life. We could learn a lot
about loving our fellow man
- and woman. Why we might
even pick up a few pointers
on our driving skills. (I’ll
pass on the beauty parlor,
though, despite the despa
rate need.)
Building Future Leaders
Dennis
Hooper
Your
Leadership
Coach
fessors.
I love the simple but
catchy title. Think about
what “changing for good”
implies. I interpret it two
different ways, both of which
are healthy: “change perma
nently” and “change benefi
cially.”
While a college student,
Prochaska was overwhelmed
by the number of change pro
cesses advocated by various
“experts.” Each was backed
up with research indicating
how that specific therapy
associate dean of the east
ern region of the university’s
Worldwide Campus.
The commencement
address will be delivered by
Col. Warren D. Berry, com
mander of the 78th Air Base
Wing and installation com
mander of Robins Air Force
Base. As the commander
of Georgia’s largest indus
trial complex, Berry trains,
deploys, and redeploys over
6,500 airmen in support
of Air Expeditionary Force
and combatant commander
requirements.
In addition, he provides
facilities and equipment sup
port for the base’s 30 hosted
units, including a major com
mand headquarters, an air
control wing, and a combat
communications group on
an 8,722-acre installation.
Berry commands 3,000 peo
ple assigned to four groups,
now.
But to some residents -
maybe even more than that
- it might. That’s because
the councilmen, even though
they started out rough, did
a real good job of explain
ing their intentions. They
came across as sincere,
honest men who truly had
Centerville’s best interests
in mind.
And if they truly did prize
the feedback they received
- like they said they did - we
don't really see any way they
can stick to their guns on the
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had been successful in caus
ing individuals with various
unhealthy habits and addic
tions to change their life
styles. Prochaska set out to
determine which of the many
methodologies was best.
His study resulted in a sur
prising discovery. Successful
change progresses through
six distinct stages. Each
stage requires completion of
certain predictable tasks. To
be successful, a person can
not skip steps, but progress
may occur quickly (or very
slowly).
In reading the book, I could
see relevance to the success
of my past clients as they
improved. In coming weeks,
I’ll share insights with you.
Let me start by sharing an
overview of the six stages.
Precontemplation. A
fancy word, this means “I
don’t feel a need for change.”
an operations support squad
ron, a finance squadron, and
wing staff agencies. He is
directly responsible for all
logistics, medical, civil engi
neer, security, and mission
support and manages facili
ties and equipment valued at
$3.5 billion with an operat
ing budget of $257 million.
He is also responsible for the
morale and welfare of 28,000
officers, airmen, civilians,
and family members.
Berry earned a bachelor
of science degree from the
University of Notre Dame
and was commissioned a
second lieutenant through
Air Force ROTC as a distin
guished graduate. He entered
active duty in January 1988
as an acquisition officer
at Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio, before cross-training
into aircraft maintenance in
1992.
27.06 proposed property tax
increase.
But it’s still at stake. It’s
all still on the table. The
best advice we can give the
residents of Centerville, the
developers, et cetera - and
you probably don’t need
to be told this but we will
anyway - is you need to
be there at that final public
hearing Monday at 6 p.m. at
City Hall.
Please don’t take our word
on a compromise. We’ll say
it again: We’re just guessing.
Don’t you leave it to chance.
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Sometimes others see an
improvement opportunity,
but the individual’s typical
response is denial: “I don’t
have a problem, so leave me
alone.”
Or, as I often hear, “Things
are good enough just as they
are.”
Contemplation. This is
where people consider possi
bilities. “I’m not sure how I
got to this point, but I don’t
want to stay where I am. Is
it possible that I could make
progress?” Emotions range
from excitement at the pos
sibilities to anxiety and hesi
tation.
Fears of failure (and of
success) keep some people
from committing to making
progress.
Preparation. Major
growth occurs when the
individual begins to focus
on solutions and not on the
He has served as an execu
tive officer to the Electronic
Combat and Reconnaissance
SPO director, a Squadron
Officer School operations
officer, and an Air Staff pro
grammer for over s2l bil
lion in logistics assets and
programs. He has com
manded a mission support
group and two maintenance
squadrons. He is a graduate
of both Air Command and
Staff College and the Air
War College in-resident pro
grams at Maxwell Air Force
Base, Ala.
To learn more about the
commencement ceremony,
contact Phillip B. Russell
at 478 926-1727 or phillip.
russell@erau.edu
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improvement takes hold,
and a feeling of anticipa
tion replaces past resistance
to thinking and planning.
Options come quickly. Plans
are proposed and enhanced.
Action. Physical, men
tal, and social resources are
put into play. Progress is
more visible than in past
stages, so reinforcement and
encouragement come natu
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the person’s need for affir
mation is much greater in
the stages that precede and
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Termination. A new
“normal” has been estab
lished and is now the charac
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stances. No ongoing effort or
attention is required. Some
improvements never prog
ress to this stage. However,
those that do result in a new
level of health for the indi
vidual (or organization).
Where are you in your
personal and organizational
progress? Over the next sev
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of these stages, providing
ideas that you might apply
in your situation.
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