Change Management Program: The Change Cycle™

by Dr. Gary Copeland

Has your organization recently been through a change or will you soon be involved in a merger or acquisition? Is there downsizing or rapid growth in store for your organization? How do you handle the “survivors” left after these events have taken place?

All of these changes impact the emotional and relational lives of your workforce. Have you invested in your “human capital”? Have you helped your participants understand the changes going on and what is normal to feel in this move from the Industrial Age to the Information Age? Do you want to enhance personal and organizational communication?

Identifying the six stages of The Change Cycle™ and how they affect us at the mental, emotional, and behavioral levels is key. Providing an interactive session to let your employees talk about their feelings/emotions surrounding these changes enhances the learning of these important concepts.

The simple truths found in this change management program are having a major impact worldwide. This topic will enable everyone to find a better way of succeeding in changing times. The Change Cycle™ provides a visual model to assist participants in knowing where they are in regard to organizational change.

Some important benefits of participating in this change management program are to understand change and it effects, increase morale and excitement, and decrease anxiety. People then begin to see things differently and start to act in new ways to help themselves and their organization adapt and succeed.

Benefits:

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Identify the six stages of The Change Cycle™
• Pinpoint the current stage of The Change Cycle™ they are in
• Differentiate between proactive and reactive change situations and develop communication strategies
• Work together on solutions at each stage
• Learn to assist themselves in relating to others and apply the concepts in the organizational framework

Sample Agenda:

• What does change mean to you?
• Characteristics of change
  - Defining the stages of The Change Cycle™
  - Stage 1: Loss
  - Stage 2: Doubt
  - Stage 3: Discomfort
  - Stage 4: Discovery
  - Stage 5: Understanding
  - Stage 6: Integration
• Creating a plan of action to keep changing

Materials: The Change Cycle™ Locator Profile and Workbook: Break Down or Break Through: Becoming a Change-Resilient Organization.

Time Frame: One-day (6-hour) seminar or a 60-90 minute overview.

This program represents one of many change management options we offer. Please ask us about our other change management offerings that may fit your organization's requirements.

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