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Overview/Description
Organizational change and other roadblocks can be an unpleasant fact of life, but being nimble and graceful in everyday practice can make those roadblocks less daunting. This Impact Series product explores the importance of developing organizational agility and the effect it can have when organizational change does happen.
Target Audience
Professionals in non-managerial roles who wish to improve their ability to effectively navigate and network across an organization.
Expected Duration (hours)
0.1
Lesson ObjectivesBeyond Change: Working with Agility
Overview/Description
Change can make people uncomfortable, and fear of the unknown creates anxiety. This Business Impact explores the three key components of effectively communicating organizational change: the when, the what, and the how.
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, and leaders in all industries/organizations who communicate organizational change to employees
Expected Duration (hours)
0.1
Lesson ObjectivesCommunicating Organizational Change
Overview/Description
Corporate mergers, financial downturns, and outsourcing make for difficult transitions for any company. This impact explores the importance of clear, thorough, and honest communication during such times of change.
Expected Duration (hours)
0.1
Lesson ObjectivesCommunicating Properly during Layoffs
Overview/Description
All companies need to develop their employees. This Challenge examines how organizational restructuring can provide development opportunities.
Target Audience
Mid- to upper-level managers and executives; all high potentials and fast trackers, including individual contributors.
Expected Duration (hours)
0.2
Lesson ObjectivesDeveloping People
Overview/Description
Given the potentially disruptive impact of change to business organizations, it's imperative that companies strive to find strategies to involve their employees in the transition process. This Business Impact highlights a number of effective approaches.
Target Audience
Individuals responsible for leading teams either occasionally, for example as project managers, or more permanently as team leaders or line managers.
Expected Duration (hours)
0.1
Lesson ObjectivesInvolving Employees in Corporate Change
Overview/Description
It's often said that people don't like change. But when it comes to organizational change, employees are genuinely interested in making things better â an improvement in processes, systems, functions, or services most likely translates into direct improvements for the employee too. But employees cannot support change and recognize its benefits without first understanding how it impacts their tasks, processes, or roles. Employees â and people in general â empowered with knowledge, understanding, and a clear vision of the future state will not only welcome change, but...
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Change is inevitable in an organization, but the process of adapting can be painful. Organizational change can cause anxiety and upheaval, and when it does, it's no surprise that employees show resistance. Resistance behaviors can vary from individual to individual and they are often unproductive. While managers may be tempted to deal with behaviors directly, rather than tackling symptoms of resistance to change, managers must deal with the source of those symptoms. They must first understand the mixture of emotions and thoughts that come with change, identify the...
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Decisions to transform an organization are vital to the health of the business, and organizational change efforts are often made to improve service, streamline operations, and of course improve the bottom line. After such a transformation in your organization, how do you engage, excite, and support the biggest driver for success in your organization - your people? How do you manage your people after organizational change so that, as a team, they support and maintain the benefits of change initiatives? This course covers methods for building and cultivating a culture that...
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'To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.' This is a quote by Henri Bergson, a nineteenth century French philosopher. Since the nineteenth century, the pace of change in all aspects of our lives has become faster and faster and responding to change well is a necessity in today's competitive business environment. Leaders and managers, regardless of industry or organization, require a clear understanding of how important organizational change is in order to propel their organizations forward. This course outlines what...