Organizations stagnate if they do not change in response to changing marketplaces, new technologies, and evolving customer and workforce expectations. Leaders must be flexible, agile, and adaptable in the face of change, manage others through it, and be champions of change themselves. Building on Part I, this workshop focuses on the challenges of leading in a changing world, by exploring:
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The dynamics of change and reasons for resistance
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How to help your team succeed in the face of change
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Strategies for influencing others to support new initiatives
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How to be an initiator of change, rather than a reactor
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How to engage a team's energy, motivation, and creativity
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Understanding and adapting to change
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What every leader needs to know about personal reactions to change
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Surviving change with credibility and confidence
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Taking advantage of change
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Learning the skills of personal flexibility and resilience
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Creating change
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Enhancing team performance and unleashing creativity
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Finding new solutions to old problems
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Gaining commitment to initiatives that require change
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Implementing change
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The secrets of leading change and gaining others' support
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How to overcome team morale and productivity problems
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Anticipating and avoiding the land mines of leading change
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"Change Leadership Action Guide," with a menu of change management ideas
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"Change Leadership Learning and Application Journal"
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Post-workshop 30-minute personal coaching session
Middle- and upper-level managers with responsibility for managing the performance of others in times of change
Elaine Kamm, Gene L. Moncrief
Your workshop will be led by one of these instructors.
