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Preparing a Change-Ready Team Series

Change is inevitable, and it’s important that companies, teams, and leaders be prepared.

Change is inevitable, and it’s important that companies, teams, and leaders be prepared. Also inevitable is that whatever kind of change occurs—whether it’s organizational or financial—it will raise concerns and possibly resistance from employees. This course illustrates how you can build and prepare a change-ready team that will be able to embrace both major and minor changes.

You will first learn about the dynamics of various types of change. Then you will learn about the different strategies you can adopt to make sure that your team will be able to handle changes. Finally, you will learn how you can manage and monitor change. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Learn why employees might resist change 
  • Learn the major differences between expected and unexpected changes
  • Learn how employees may respond differently to major and minor changes
  • Learn the distinction between active and passive resistance to change

Author: Rae Dixon

Duration: 33m · 15 lessons
Level: Intermediate
Language: English

Skills you’ll gain

Change LeadershipChange ManagementChange Management PlanningIT Change ManagementOrganizational Change ManagementChange Management Certification

What You'll Learn

  • Identify why employees might resist change and distinguish active from passive resistance
  • Differentiate between expected and unexpected change, and major versus minor change
  • Build and prepare a change-ready team that can embrace both major and minor changes
  • Apply strategies such as direct communication and soliciting feedback to support change
  • Strengthen team structure, support, change beliefs, and behaviors
  • Manage and monitor change by measuring it and addressing focus, speed, resiliency, and perseverance

Key Takeaways

  • Change is inevitable for companies, teams, and leaders, and whatever change occurs may raise concerns and resistance from employees.
  • Employees may respond differently to major and minor changes and to expected versus unexpected changes.
  • Resistance to change can be either active or passive.
  • Preparing a change-ready team involves understanding the dynamics of change, adopting strategies to handle it, and then managing and monitoring it.
  • Direct communication, soliciting feedback, supportive team structure, resiliency, and perseverance help teams handle change.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

It is designed for companies, teams, and leaders who want to build and prepare a change-ready team that can embrace both major and minor changes.

What does this course cover?

It covers the dynamics of various types of change, strategies to ensure a team can handle changes, and how to manage and monitor change.

What skills will I gain?

The course relates to skills including Change Leadership, Change Management, Change Management Planning, IT Change Management, Organizational Change Management, and Change Management Certification.

What types of change does the course address?

It addresses both organizational and financial change, expected and unexpected change, major and minor change, and the range of change.

How does the course teach handling resistance?

It explains why employees might resist change and the distinction between active and passive resistance, along with strategies such as direct communication and soliciting feedback.

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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course, Preparing a Change-Ready Team. In this course, you'll explore the different types of change that leaders may face and how they can guide their teams through them effectively. Types of change can include organizational, technological, leadership, ownership, financial, structural, and positional. This course will examine various change drivers, how employees may react to them and ways you can enable your team to navigate them successfully. By the end of this course, you'll have a greater understanding of effective leadership during periods of transition. Let's get started.

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