Leading Effective Organizational Change
Course Overview:
Improve your success in leading change in this interactive, reality-based class. The focus is on the human side of change, which is where most leaders get into trouble. This course is designed for supervisors and managers. However, anyone leading change efforts or interested in understanding more about change would benefit from this course.
It can also be structured for groups of workers who want to understand how to participate and thrive during times of change or are about to undergo specific change in the workplace, such as mergers, and facility transitions.
The course is enhanced through student interaction, PowerPoint, video taped interviews, and other change related videos. Additionally, specific agency issues can be incorporated into the materials. Learning activities are designed to give participants ideas to address agency specific issues that can be used when they return to the workplace.
Key blocks in a two day course might include:
Defining Change
Six Stages of the Transition Cycle
Building Commitment for Change
Dealing with Resistance
Readiness of the Leader
Change Models
The Relationship Between Strategic Planning and Change
Course Objectives:
- Understand that the key to successful change focuses on the transition aspect of change, which involves the process people go through to accept change.
- Identify steps leaders can do to promote change.
- Understand the six stages of transition cycle and be able to identify aspects of each stage.
- Develop a plan to build commitment using a five step structured approach.
- Develop a plan to constructively deal with resistance using a five step process.
- List three keys to successful change management.
- Explain a basic framework for strategic planning and its importance for initiating change.
Comments from participants:
"Leading Effective Organization Change gave our staff an opportunity to assess the issues related to change and address how we can effectively turn negatives into positives. Everyone from the management level to the administrative level participated, thanks to the excellent and knowledgeable facilitator. This was a very comprehensive workshop, one that is well worth the investment of time and resources." Diane Ritchie Howerton, Regional Director, UC Merced Small Business Development Center Network
“I would recommend this class to others because it is really beneficial to our organization as we go through tough times.” Matt Powers, Prison Industries
“I would recommend this class to others because he (Merle) is well organized, and prepared to present relevant and important information pertaining to leading effective change.” Lee Dorey
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