Making the Change

Overview/Description
 Think about a specific problem that you've resolved. Chances are, you weren't able to resolve it immediately. In fact, most problem resolution takes time, and so it is with change. To become skilled at making changes, you have to give yourself time. You must do the necessary work to overcome your fears and anxiety, and you must understand your personal coping style. Then you'll be better able to navigate your way through the stages of change. This course, "Making the Change," will assist you in doing all the necessary work involved in change and walk you through the six stages of personal change. Upon completion, you'll be equipped to handle the organizational change that comes your way.

Target Audience
 Any business professional interested in dealing more effectively with change in business situations.

Expected Duration
2.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

  • recognize the importance of helping employees overcome fear and anxiety.
  • identify the negative responses to fear and anxiety.
  • determine appropriate strategies for challenging fear and anxiety in a given scenario.
  • apply the techniques for redefining reality to a given scenario.

    • Personal Coping Style

  • recognize the value of identifying personal coping styles.
  • match the modes of coping with fear and anxiety to examples.
  • identify the methods of eliminating unilateral control.
  • hypothesize the ramifications of family-of-origin behavior, in a given scenario.

    • Initial Stages of Personal Change

  • recognize the benefits of working through the initial stages of personal change.
  • identify methods of correcting behaviors associated with precontemplation.
  • select the methods of working through the contemplation stage.
  • identify the methods for preparing for change.

    • Final Stages of Personal Change

  • recognize the benefits of working through the final stages of personal change.
  • identify methods for ensuring that individual actions support change.
  • identify the methods of maintaining change.
  • identify the lessons learned from relapse.

    • Course Number: PD0332