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Leading Change
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans– John Lennon
“Change is the only constant” is such a cliché. However, just because we know it is a cliché does not make it any easier when it comes to adapting to it. Teams work in the context of a changing environment – changing systems, changing leaders, changing priorities, evolving organizations. So, it is but natural that members who make up the team, go through a roller coaster of emotions and resistance when they encounter change.
• Why should we be doing it the new way?
• Why should we change?
• Why can things not be the same?
• I am not sure whether we are heading the right way by doing this!
For a leader who is at the helm of spearheading this change, it seems like standing in front of a speeding truck at times – with the blinding headlights freezing her in position. The knee jerk reaction to such a situation often takes extreme forms that only pushes the team into a further negative spiral of action, reaction, anger and further unmindful reactions! The resulting effect on teams and organizations can be catastrophic.
Through an engaging workshop experience that weaves in the seminal work done by pioneers in the field, like John P. Kotter of the Harvard Business School and psychologists like Kurt Lewin & Elizabeth Kubler Ross, FocusU brings to life the concepts on how leaders can lead change with compassion and wisdom.
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The key take-aways that the workshop targets to achieve with participants are that:
1) Leading Change is inextricably linked with Leadership behaviours
2) Building personal credibility is a big first step in becoming an effective Change Leader
3) Without understanding their own “operative narrative” – change leaders may be scuttling their own effectiveness
4) The attitude that a leader brings to change, is contagious!
5) The different phases that people go through during times of change
6) The pivotal role of emotions when change happens
7) How change actually happens: Analyse-Think-Change versus See-Feel-Change
8) How to guide teams skilfully through the turbulence of change
If your team is going through a time of change – and you are looking at equipping your leaders to lead the change – FocusU invites you to explore The Leading Change workshop!
