Managing Change

As a result of the workshop, participants will

• Understand what change is and how it works.
• Recognize the internal and external forces or drivers of change.
• Be more aware of their own reactions to change and the reactions of others.
• Coach and guide themselves through the stages of change so they can succeed during periods of transition.
• Be more resilient during changes and absorb change more effectively.
• Recognize their own resistance or the resistance that others exhibit during periods of change.
• Identify opportunities for innovative or strategic change and serve as a change agent in the organization.
• Carefully evaluate situations to understand the reasons why making a change is necessary.

The Managing Change workshop is designed to provide individual contributors and/or managers with the skills, techniques, and tools needed to effectively manage their responses when change occurs and contribute to a more “change-able” organization. By incorporating the following design elements into the program, CMOE’s Managing Change workshop helps participants raise their self-awareness and discover how they can build on their inherent strengths while working on opportunities for improvement:

• Self-discovery exercises
• Discussions
• Short presentations
• Business simulations
• Models and skills
• Survey feedback
• Examples and case studies
• Tools
• Action plans

What makes the program unique is that the workshop participants use time during the course to work on a current change they are facing. This allows the change-management concepts and skills to be applied and practiced with a relevant, real-world scenario even before the participants return to work.