This course develops the confidence and skills needed to face change and welcome it as an opportunity to grow and learn. This course focuses on the crucial role leaders have in effectively exploring change, introducing change, and helping others overcome resistance typically associated with change. Leaders learn how to conduct effective change discussions that minimize the potentially negative effects of change on morale, processes, and productivity. How your company handles change depends on how your leaders help people move from the disorientation stage to integration and acceptance. This module shows leaders how to make change a positive experience for others by focusing people on a shared vision, building business partnerships, championing ongoing improvement, and creating an environment in which learning is encouraged.
Participants learn ways to help employees turn potential threats into opportunities to contribute.
The pressures of competition and technology are changing today's workplace. People need skills to deal with often-massive changes in work processes and to learn how people work together. This unit presents an approach anyone can use to navigate change and to develop personal strategies for dealing effectively with difficult transitions.