Organizational change can have a positive or negative impact employees.  Even with management doing their best job of planning and executing the change, there will inevitably be some road bumps that make it seem like the change is a bad idea.  In the end, every employee must make change work for themself.

Participants will examine their own reactions to change.  They will learn the four phases of change and how to assess which phase they are in at a given point in time.  Finally, participants learn skills to help them succeed and thrive during times of change.

At the completion of this program participants will be able to:

• Evaluate attitudes toward change, including their own
• Understand the four parts of the change process: Denial, Resistance, Bargaining, Acceptance/Support
• Learn the ways people resists change and how to manage through the resistance
• Use a process to identify the real cause of personal change resistance
• Apply positive strategies for coping and moving through change

Learning methodologies may include:

• Facilitator-led discussion
• Breakout group team discussion
• Individual and small group activities
• Video observation & discussion
• Short case studies
• Polls
• Participant workbook
• Take-away tools