Communicating and Reinforcing Change

Overview/Description
 The power of your vision is only as great as your ability to communicate it. Everyone involved in a change initiative must have a common understanding of its goals and direction. By developing a shared sense of a desirable future state, you can motivate and coordinate the kinds of action necessary for transformation. In this course, you'll learn techniques for communicating your vision effectively. You'll also discover how to empower your employees by removing change barriers and providing the training that's necessary for complete alignment. In addition, you'll become skilled at using short-term wins to foster commitment and you'll know what it takes to anchor your change initiative and replace your old corporate culture.

Target Audience
 Supervisors, managers, team leaders

Expected Duration
2.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Communicating a Clear Vision

  • recognize the importance of communicating a clear vision.
  • identify the methods used to articulate a simple, vivid vision.
  • select the effective ways to deliver a vision communication.
  • match the "walk the talk" methods to their examples.

    • Empowering Employees

  • recognize the value of empowering employees.
  • identify the ways to remove empowerment barriers.
  • match the steps to provide necessary training with an example of each.
  • choose the strategies for aligning systems with vision.

    • Fostering Short-term Wins

  • recognize the benefits of fostering short-term wins.
  • choose the statements that define short-term wins.
  • identify the challenges in planning for short-term wins.
  • match the methods of managing short-term wins to their examples.

    • Anchoring the Change

  • recognize the importance of anchoring changes in an organization.
  • choose the statements that describe the power of culture.
  • identify the techniques for melding new practices with old practices.
  • select the methods for sustaining change.

    • Course Number: MGMT0332