The keys to lasting change

Overview

Change is one of the few things that is almost guaranteed in your professional life, regardless of the nature of your company or your position. Times are changing, and organizations and work processes need to change along with them. Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person. In this course, you will learn methods to use in gathering success factors from change sponsors and decision makers, build skills in making initial statements on the subject to support change initiatives, learn how to identify key stakeholders and stakeholder groups that need to change and people that need to be considered for inclusion to achieve the desired change, and you will learn how to assess The three main aspects of sustainable change – discomfort, vision and skills.

Objectives

• Recognize the main initial results of a change initiative
• Recognize the RACI status of stakeholder groups
• Recognize questions that assess the level of discomfort of stakeholders and the effectiveness of the vision in relation to the proposed change effort
• Identify and order the steps needed to determine and assess the skills needed to sustain organizational change
• Estimate the success of a change effort based on preparedness measures
• Determine an organization’s readiness for sustainable change