Prerequisites:
Participants may be anyone seeking to deal with change in their working environment and will generally be facing a number of specific scenarios which they wish to explore and develop during the training programme.

This interactive workshop is designed for managers and team leaders who are responsible for communicating the proposed changes and how they may affect the team. It will also be helpful to managers who may have to deal with the emotional reactions to the changes and develop a strategy to counter any resistance.

Benefits of attending:

The participants will explore the change curve, plot the stages of their staff and develop a plan to manage progression through the change curve.

They will understand the role of emotions in how people react to change

They will recognise how their performance, behaviour and attitude can contribute to the successful change plan

They will create an action plan to apply the learning to the workplace

Recognising Change:
Setting the context of change
Effects of change

Analysing a Current (or recent) Change:
Apply a Force Field Analysis to the change situation
Identify current state against the six key implementation activities

Drivers for Change:
Examine each activity against dimensions of power, information, winners and losers
Create an action plan for unblocking resistance

Change and Individuals:
Transition Curve
Significance of `Anchors`
Stress and Change

Change and views of Organisations:
Mechanistic Change
Organic Change
Other Options

Successful Change Management:
Draw upon successes and learn from failures in the successful management of change
Checklist of successful change

Successful Change:
Identify key elements in sustaining change
Create challenges to sustain positive spirit of change
Produce personal action plans