<\/p>\nI like Star Wars, the movie, as much as the next person—at least the original (while not technically sophisticated, or particularly well-acted, nevertheless it retains its charm). But there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing like being corrected by a 16-year-old Star Wars geek on a quote from a movie I saw during its original<\/i> release. In a movie theater. Before the uppity kid was even born!* <\/p>\n
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In a congregation reactivity from a disturbance in the emotional field can result from:<\/p>\n
Disturbances in the emotional field of a relationship system are caused by anything that threatens to change the homeostasis. The reason isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t so much that change is a threat, but that change brings a challenge to the emotional system\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s corporate identity\u00e2\u20ac\u201dits sense of self—and the threat of change in functioning of the individuals that make up the system. These two primary changes are the cause of anxiety, though the reasons people attribute to the anxiety may be varied. <\/p>\n
The important thing to remember is that change is the norm, yet it will be resisted due to systemic homeostasis. Most systems with any level of health have the resiliance to ride the wave of change and come out on the other side of the chaos-of-the-in-between and arrive at a new equilibrium. But when the normal anxiety that is the by-product of change goes unregulated it can result in reactivity. Wise leaders learn to recognize reactivity of this nature and will know that they must allow for people to work through their anxiety and reactivity for themselves.<\/em> The leader who has a low tolerance for others’ anxieties or discomfort often is too quick to move to ease people’s existential pain. Often this merely results in self-sabatogue and in aborting the change process necessary to come out on the other side of things. <\/p>\n *The line was, “I feel a great disturbance in the force,” uttered by Obi-Wan Kenobi (It’s kind of scary that I actually know that). I like Star Wars, the movie, as much as the next person—at least the original (while not technically sophisticated, or particularly well-acted, nevertheless it retains its charm). But there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing like being corrected by a 16-year-old Star Wars geek on … Continue reading 
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\n**Source: Adapted from a handout of a presentation by Betty Pugh Mills. Original source not cited. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"