Change means Improvement and is not Easy unless resistance is addressed!
Today, more than ever, an organization must be able to adapt quickly to changing business trends while simultaneously implementing a long-term strategy and planning which may be in conflict with those necessary changes. For a change to be successful, organizations must prepare, equip and support individuals moving through changes so that they can successfully adopt and maintain the changes. Without the adoption and true participation of individuals, the changes will not be successful and will not deliver the desired outcomes. But change is not easy! The length of time it takes to successfully implement change very much depends on the organization's readiness to change. Virtually every employee in every organization is faced with the challenge of changing how things are done today into how they want to be done tomorrow. Employees may decide they don't like or want a change and resist openly which can be very disruptive. Employees can also feel uncomfortable with the changes introduced and resist, sometimes unknowingly, through their actions, their language, their commitment, and in conversations with other colleagues in the workplace. The people side - culture and behavior - represents the bulk of real change while the technical side enables the techniques to carry out the change.
This course is about gaining a better understanding of why there is so much resistance to change. Then how can successfully prevent resistance from occurring. Also, it addresses the fundamental approach and the appropriate steps to change management activities to overcoming this resistance.
