Turn Resistance into Commitment
Imagine the results you could achieve in your change effort if the majority of your stakeholders were truly committed to the change.
Most change efforts fail. A primary reason is that stakeholders resist the changes and do not get on board to do their part in producing the intended results. Does this happen in your organization?
People do not resist change; they resist change that is poorly led. They resist change that they perceive is thrust upon them, will lead to a bad outcome, or is poorly designed and will overwhelm their workload capacity.
Do you know how to neutralize this resistance, and rapidly turn it into full blown commitment? You will learn these strategies in this program, and become able to turn resistance into commitment to achieve consistent results from change.
Resolve Core Needs and Watch People Buy-in to Change!
Everybody has core needs. When they are resolved and fulfilled, people commit to change, engage in it, and contribute to its success. When people's core needs are triggered and at risk, people feel fear. They lash out or withdraw, perform poorly and do not contribute to change. In other words, they resist.
People are often unconscious of their core needs. If you ask, "Why are you resisting the change?" they will tell you that they do not like it and think that it is a bad idea. Sometimes, that is the case, but usually, they resist because they feel fear triggered by their core need. The good news is that you will watch as the resistance goes away and commitment emerges when you add actions to your change process that satisfies their core needs. How do you do this?
In this program, you will learn how to identify what core needs are being triggered in your different stakeholder groups. You will discover what about your change is causing this "resistance," and what you need to do to turn it into commitment.
This is advanced stuff for most change leaders, but is easy to learn. We have thirty years practice, and will provide you with all the tips and tools to make your change efforts run so smoothly you will wonder how you ever got along without them.
Discover How to Build a Change Process that Naturally Develops Commitment in Your Stakeholders
Leaders almost always inadvertently trigger these core needs in people by how they design their change efforts. In other words, it is the leaders themselves that are triggering these negative responses in their people. Of course, they do not do this on purpose; they do it inadvertently, primarily because they do not understand core needs and what triggers them.
But not you. This program will teach you what triggers "resistance" in most change efforts, and how you can design efficient change processes that do not have this problem. And you will not need to alter the scope or outcomes of your change, just the way you execute it.
Support People through Natural Emotional Transitions
When resistance occurs, people go through a natural emotional transition to commitment if they are supported properly. Change leaders need to understand the dynamics of emotional transitions, and how to support people through each stage so they can assist people to develop the commitment required for their change efforts to succeed.
Leaders can only force compliance. Commitment is developed from the inside out, within the hearts and minds of each individual stakeholder. Masterful change leaders know how to nurture the development of commitment in their stakeholders. They know what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. In this program, you will discover the natural stages of emotional transitions from resistance to commitment, and learn pragmatic change leadership strategies, skills and tools to support people into unconditional commitment and results.
Achieve Extraordinary Results from Change, Faster and at Less Cost
How often have you seen change efforts that drag on and never really deliver their intended results? This problem occurs when the end users of new change solutions do not take on ownership of the new state the change produced. They do not develop the commitment to make the change theirs.
In successful change efforts, commitment gets developed as the change proceeds. Not once is is implemented. At that point, the best you can hope for is compliance or agreement.
This program will show you how to grow commitment in your stakeholders through each phase of change, from building the case for the change, through visioning, to developing design requirements, completing design, and throughout implementation. By the time implementation is done, you will have your end users completely owning the change and ensuring the new state delivers all the results you intended from the beginning.
Learn the Proven Strategies and Practices You Need to Succeed
This is a powerful program that reveals the human dynamics that deliver success and cause failure in your change efforts. You will come away with a new perspective on people and change, and will acquire strategies, skills and tools to navigate even the most complex human dynamics. You will become able to consciously and purposefully plot a path to resolving people's core needs, supporting them through natural emotional transitions, and transforming their resistance into full scale commitment. The net outcome is that the change efforts you lead or support will deliver superior results, faster and at less cost to your people and organization. Your skill as a change leader or consultant will increase significantly.
In this two-day session, you will learn:
- The nature of resistance, what triggers resistance to change, and how to help others move through it to develop enthusiasm and full participation in achieving extraordinary results
- The levels of commitment and how to increase them in your stakeholders
- The deeper human dynamics of change and optimal human performance, and how to unleash excellence in yourself and others
- Practical strategies for minimizing resistance and building unparalleled commitment
Audience
This program is designed for change leaders, managers and change teams seeking ways to successfully navigate change and unleash people's performance for breakthrough results. It can become an integral part of executive or management development programs.
Program Materials
Participant manual; articles and information sheets from The Change Leader's Roadmap Methodology.
Upcoming Programs
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