Although traditional organizational change writers have seen resistance as a hurdle for management to overcome, contemporary authors are providing a glimpse of a new perspective that sees resistance as a functional force for driving effective and lasting change. In this paper, I will review some of the traditional literature that sees resistance as a hurdle and consider traditional strategies change agents use to overcome resistance. I will also consider emerging literature that sees resistance as a natural and necessary part of the change process to identify methods for tapping resistance as a positive force for implementing organizational change. As the applied exercise for the course, I will analyze examples from personal experiences in change processes through the perspective of classical and emerging literature.