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Resizing The Organization 6. This book seeks to provide executives with useful insights, tools, guidelines, principles, and lessons learned about organizational transition and change. | The Realities of Resizing 31 transition enlightened employees share three key characteristics. First they feel in control of things that matter to them. They recognize they cannot manage what is beyond their control and do not even try instead they assess the situation and act in the areas they can influence. Second they feel involved in what they are doing. They see themselves as architects of change rather than as victims of it. Third they seek challenges take risks and look on work with a fresh perspective. These employees recognize that the rules of the game have changed that there is no business as usual. They see the company s transition as an opportunity to learn new skills test their ability to cope with stress and uncertainty and find creative ways to meet work requirements. Savvy employees also will view the transition as an opportunity to reposition their careers or take advantage of new jobs that are created. Organizational resizing enables employees to grasp control of their careers and work lives once again Noer 1997 . Unfortunately using transition as an opportunity for personal growth team development or organizational renewal is very much the exception rather than the rule. Reports of layoffs or closings rarely describe productive regenerating or even rebalancing outcomes. in contrast they depict reductions in force closings and divestitures as painful wrenching and bloody. Worse yet many resizings fail to achieve desired results despite the pain that the organizations and their people are put through. Why Does It Matter How Companies Resize Why This Book Despite the frequency with which they fail to achieve desired financial or strategic objectives and produce unintended consequences layoffs closings and divestitures are here to stay in the managerial repertoire. Chief executive officers business unit leaders and other senior executives are regularly and readily going to resize as a step toward achieving their desired organizational visions. As a