Change Management Series

Orion's Change Management Series is a package of three, self-paced webinars for business leaders and transformation professionals.

Module 1:  Organizing for Change

Change Management is not part of the implementation plan; it is an essential element throughout your project lifecycle. That is true for smaller process changes within a department and for technology or culture changes that span the entire organization. If you don't begin planning for change on day 1, your chances for success dwindle.  Organizing for Change addresses:

• Why Change Management is Important
• Popular Models
  
  • ADKAR vs. Kotter vs. the field
• Making Change Happen
  
  • Tools and techniques
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • "What would you do?" activities
• Key Takeaways

Module 2:  Gain Buy-In

Getting great ideas off paper and into reality is the biggest challenge of process or technology improvement projects. Learn how to overcome the human factors that breed resistance to change. Key Topics Gaining Buy-In addresses:

• Clarifying the End State
• Tools gain buy-in from people across your organization
  • Force Field Analysis
  • Communication Plans
  • Winners & Losers from Change
• Overcoming common barriers

Module 3:  Facilitating-Change

Too many organizations - perhaps yours have wasted time, money and effort by investing in team-based improvement initiatives (CI, Lean, Six Sigma) that proved to be ineffective. Only with such an internal resource can your organization achieve the dramatic improvements in performance that are necessary to compete and thrive in today's challenging economic environment.  Learn how to implement solutions by getting the most of each team member’s potential. Key topics:

• Define the role of a Facilitator and how it differs from a team leader
• Introduce tools and techniques useful for facilitating projects in your organization
  • Meeting Management
  • Sociograms
  • Multivoting
  • Conflict Management
• How to navigate difficult team situations facilitators face