Fostering Continuous Change

Introduction And Overview

Why is Change Management Important?

• Define change management and the types of change response
• ​Understand the value that people and culture have in the change process
• Identify typical failures

Psychology of Change

• Learn about developmental change and its importance
• Understand the difference between transitional and transformational change​
• Analyze the impact change can have on your employees

Employee Resistance to Change

• Identify resistance factors and learn how to deal with them
• Learn about helpful communication practices to transmit your messages in a better way
• Plan communications that address employee engagement factors

What is Continuous Change?

• Understand the VUCA world: its benefits, challenges, and possibilities
• Identify new talents needed in your workforce
• Understand the importance of continuous learning and growing

Learning to Adapt: Operational Level

• Recognize the role active learning plays at an operational level
• Promote knowledge transfer among team members
• Analyze weak links between your team and work to overcome them

Learning to Adapt: Management Level

• ​Create a positive learning environment within your team and organization
• Transform your learning culture to adapt to plan and unexpected change

Learning to Adapt: Support Level

• Acknowledge the importance of support function roles ​to enhance the learning capacity and capabilities of your team

Adaptive Performance for Routine Operations

• Learn how to shift from low-value to high-value work
• Recognize the importance of providing teams and people autonomy over their work

Adaptive Performance for Complex Operations

• Gain trust and respond to complex situations
• Create tailored approaches to difficult and complex situations
• Empower employees to analyze and solve operational problems

Adaptive Performance for Innovation Operations

• Remove obstacles to an innovative culture
• Capitalize on employees with a persistent sense of curiosity​
• Recruit employees who actively network with colleagues​
• Promote a “future-back” mindset at all organizational levels

Strategies for Adapting to Continuous Change

• Improve your decision-making skills
• Prepare employees ahead of time with an ability to adapt on their own