Change can feel sudden and terrifying, but coping with change is a skill you can learn so things won’t feel so out of control.
Change can feel sudden and terrifying, but coping with change is a skill you can learn so things won’t feel so out of control. This course on "Coping with Change" gives you everyday strategies to find a way through changes at work, whether it be a change in job duties or a complete restructuring. You'll learn what tools to keep in your "coping toolbox" so that you can meet any change head-on and know what to do with it. Above all, knowing how to positively cope with change is both a personal and professional life skill.
Dealing with change in the workplace is an everyday occurrence, from new technology to new coworkers to new projects. But are you prepared to suddenly handle a change in your duties, a new manager, or to lead your team through a challenge? This course will help you understand the different types of change that can occur, both external and internal. It will also show you how to tap into your values, examine your goals, and use your personal strengths to cope with change when it happens, and help process it to understand how you'll be affected by it. The strategies in this course will make you better prepared, and will equip you to help your employees deal with change in the workplace, too.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify internal change and its impact
- Identify external forces of change and their impact
- Understand why it's important to cope with change and build coping mechanisms
- Create a toolbox of skills and strengths you can tap in to help you cope with change
- Discover your values so you can remain grounded during cycles of change
- Understand how change affects your goals
- Learn how to use your strengths to manage change
- Recognize the Emotional Change Cycle
- Learn about what not to do in the face of change
Skills you’ll gain
Change ManagementChange Management PlanningIT Change ManagementLearning StrategiesOrganizational Change ManagementChange Management CertificationWhat You'll Learn
- Identify internal change and the impact it has on you and your work
- Recognize external forces of change, including external cultural change, and their impact
- Build a personal toolbox of skills and strengths to cope with change
- Discover your values and define your goals to stay grounded during cycles of change
- Recognize the Emotional Change Cycle and how change affects your goals
- Learn what not to do in the face of change and how to lead employees through workplace change
Key Takeaways
- Coping with change is a skill you can learn so that change feels less out of control.
- Change in the workplace can be internal or external, including external cultural change, and each type has its own impact.
- Tapping into your values, goals, and personal strengths helps you cope with change and process how it affects you.
- Knowing how to positively cope with change is both a personal and a professional life skill.
- The strategies in this course also equip you to help your employees deal with change in the workplace.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for anyone who wants everyday strategies to handle change at work, including those who may need to lead a team through change or help employees deal with change in the workplace.
What does the Coping With Change Series cover?
It covers the different types of change that can occur, both external and internal, how to tap into your values, examine your goals, and use your personal strengths to cope with change, the Emotional Change Cycle, building coping mechanisms, and what not to do in the face of change.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will learn to identify internal and external forces of change and their impact, build a coping toolbox of skills and strengths, discover your values, understand how change affects your goals, use your strengths to manage change, and recognize the Emotional Change Cycle.
What topics or lessons are included?
Lessons include Welcome, Internal Change, External Forces of Change, External Cultural Change, Understanding Your Values, Knowing Your Goals and Defining Actions, Strengths vs. Shortcomings, The Emotional Change Cycle, Coping Mechanisms, knowledge-check tests, and a Conclusion.
Will this course help me manage change as both a personal and professional skill?
Yes. The course presents coping with change as both a personal and professional life skill, and its strategies are also intended to equip you to help your employees deal with change in the workplace.
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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course, "Coping with Change." Change is inevitable. Whether it's a planned or unplanned change, at some point in your life, you will need to know how to manage the changes that come your way. The fact that you are taking this course already puts you ahead of the game because you are acknowledging that change exists and that you must deal with it. This course is designed to teach you how to address and cope with organizational change. You will learn how your personality, goals, and strengths can help you select the appropriate coping mechanisms that will work best for you. To successfully manage change, you will need a personal, innovative approach to coping with the transition. In this course, we will dig deeper than simply giving you a list of options to choose from. By the end of this course, you will understand the different types of change and be able to determine where you are in the lifecycle of a change and how to evaluate its impact, assess the best way of succeeding during a change based on your individual strengths, goals, and values, think outside the box to identify and address uncommon types of change, and build a toolbox of skills and approaches for coping with change in real time. Let's get started.
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