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Who Moved My Cheese – DVD training material including original material used by the original creators and RedTree LeadershipWho Moved My Cheese? is the story of four characters living in a “Maze” who face unexpected change when they discover their “Cheese” has disappeared. Sniff and Scurry, who are mice, and Hem and Haw, little people the size of mice, each adapt to change in their “Maze” differently. In fact, one doesn’t adapt at all…This timeless allegory reveals profound truths to individuals and organizations dealing with change. We each live in a “Maze”, a metaphor for the companies or organizations we work with, the communities we live in, the families we love places where we look for the things we want in life, “Cheese”. It may be an enjoyable career, loving relationships, wealth, or spiritual peace of mind. With time and experience, one character eventually succeeds and even prospers from the change in his “Maze”.In an effort to share what he has learned along the way, he records his personal discoveries on the maze walls, the “Handwriting on the Wall”. Likewise, when we begin to see the “writing on the wall”, we discover the simplicity and necessity of adapting to change.Full of modern day insight, the story of Who Moved My Cheese? invites individuals and organizations to enjoy less stress and more success by learning to deal with the inevitable change.The training materials bundled with the DVD iinclude#Handout 1 : Your Change Situation.doc#Handout 2 : The Handwriting on the wall.doc#Handout 3 : Discovering the new cheese.doc#Handout 4 : Loss and Gain.doc#Handout 5 : Re-Evaluating Your Change situation.docUse these points as you put together the discussion.  These questions/prompts come from Who Moved My Cheese? Maze Guide by Spencer Johnson.· Describe a current situation in which you or others are having difficulty dealing with change.· How do you feel about the situation?· How do you think it will turn out?· What can you use from the story to apply to your own situation?· Reading the handwriting on the wall – analyze and discuss the messages and their symbolic meanings and how they apply to your situation as well as how you can use them to change.o What is your Cheese?  Where are you looking for it?o What are you holding on to and why?o How can you succeed by letting go?o Can you find New Cheese and where?o What are your anxieties regarding your situation?o What can you do differently to meet these anxieties head on?o What are some things that you can adopt today about change that would work to your advantage?· Each person should identify who they are in the story and discuss why.· As a group discuss each character and how they respond to change.· How are we like and how can we relate to each character?· What did you learn?· Review and summarize