Change Management Workshop
Course Duration 1 Day
Change is a constant in many of our lives. All around us, technologies, processes, people, ideas, and methods often change, affecting the way we perform daily tasks and live our lives. Having a smooth transition when change occurs is important in any situation and your participants will gain some valuable skills through this workshop.
The Change Management workshop will give any leader tools to implement changes more
smoothly and to have those changes better accepted. This workshop will also give all participants an understanding of how change is implemented and some tools for managing their reactions to change.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course participants will be able to :
- List the steps necessary for preparing a change strategy and building support for the change
- Describe the WIFM – the individual motivators for change
- Use needed components to develop a change management and communications plans, and to list implementation strategies
- Employ strategies for gathering data, addressing concerns and issues, evaluating options and adapting a change direction
- Utilize methods for leading change project status meetings, celebrating a successful change implementation, and sharing the results and benefits
- Identify the 3 steps in giving a handshake.
- Describe the four states of Appreciative Inquiry, its purposes, and sample uses in case studies
- Use strategies for aligning people with a change, appealing to emotions and facts
- Describe the importance of resiliency and flexibility in the context of change.
Course Outline
Preparing for Change
Defining Your Strategy
Building the Team
Identifying the WIFM
What’s in it for Me?
Building Support
Understanding Change
Influences on Change
Common Reactions to Change
Tools to Help the Change Process
Leading and Managing the Change
Preparing and Planning Delegating
Keep the Lines of Communication Open
Coping with Pushback
Gathering Support
Gathering Data
Addressing Concerns and Issues
Evaluating and Adapting
Making it All Worthwhile
Leading Status Meetings
Celebrating Successes
Sharing the Results and Benefits
Using Appreciative Inquiry
The Four Stages
The Purposes of Appreciative inquiry
Bringing People to Your Side
A Dash of Emotion
Plenty of Facts
Building Resiliency
What is Resiliency?
Why is It Important
Five Easy Steps for the Leader and the Individual
Building Flexibility
What is Flexibility?
Why is it Important?
Five Easy Steps for the Leader and the Individual
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