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 you will gain some valuable skills through this course to handle this.
The Change Management course will give any leader tools to implement changes more smoothly and to have those changes better accepted. Understand how change is implemented and some tools for managing your reactions to change.

You will learn how 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.
•  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 Content

Lessons

Module One: Getting Started

 

Module Two: Preparing for Change

 

Module Three: Identifying the WIFM

 

Module Four: Understanding Change

 

Module Five: Leading and Managing the Change

 

Module Six: Gaining Support

 

Module Seven: Making it All Worthwhile

 

Module Eight: Using Appreciative Inquiry

 

Module Nine: Bringing People to Your Side

 

Module Ten: Building Resiliency

 

Module Eleven: Building Flexibility

 

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up