Planning and Managing Organizational Change: The 8-Step Process for Making Change Work In Your Department and In Your Organization

Duration 90 Mins
Level Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
Webinar ID IQW15C6036

What We Will Address 
What is change management? 
Dealing with the impact of change 
The role of communication in helping the organization move from fear to commitment 
Creating a change management plan 
The six-step change management process and key activities 
Typical impact of change on key human resources systems 
How to assess the results achieved and impact on change 
Individual work on personal change management opportunity 
Assess the things that really motivate
 

Overview of the webinar

Change is inevitable. But when changes are made, many employees lack the broader knowledge of why new systems and structures are necessary. As a result, frontline managers and human resources professionals must partner together and help organizations lead and manage change. This case-study-based seminar will prepare managers responsible for facilitating or implementing change initiatives, identify key business drivers that typically underlie the need for change. You’ll learn how to work with key stakeholders in ways that build support and ensure positive outcomes for your bottom line.

Who should attend?

CEO
Senior Vice President
Vice President
Executive Director
Managing Director
Regional Vice President
Area Supervisor
Manager 
 

Why should you attend?

By attending, you will understand how to even more effectively:
Assess major issues involved in organizational readiness 
Build executive sponsorship and ensure success of the plan 
Overcome emotional and intellectual challenges 
Demonstrate greater mastery of key change management skills 
Create effective communication plans 
Ensure all systems support—not undermine change 
Help the organization recover, rebound and learn from change 
Do you have a significant change or multiple changes on the near horizon or underway already?
Are you tearing your hair out due to concerns you have about everyone else’s readiness to adopt changes?
Would you like to know more about the key steps to take to help everyone more effectively embrace change?
Is it worth 90 minutes of your time to save yourself hours of time, energy and frustration?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then come laugh, listen and learn as Chris DeVany leads us all through those important topics, key questions and answers we all need to be able to address effectively to improve our team members’ and team’s performance!  
 

Faculty - Mr.Chris DeVany

Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle’s clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca-Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
 
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, “90 Days to a High-Performance Team”, published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.  
 
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues. He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association.  Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster’s International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
 
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation. He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives. Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University.  He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
 

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