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Supporting Change

In the face of constant change, how does your team stay focused on the goals?

Change is an ever-present and important part of business today. Whether the change is to streamline the company’s structure and processes, meet financial goals, or expand business lines, organizations that fail to change find competing and surviving in today’s marketplace increasingly difficult. Yet it can be difficult to keep employees focused on performance with all the distractions caused by change initiatives. Managers must effectively handle the emotions, fear and anxiety that accompany change and encourage their teams to support the company’s new initiatives.

No matter what the change — whether it’s new procedures, corporate downsizing, or a merger or acquisition — humans are programmed to resist it. And yet, change is inevitable and necessary in business. The challenge for supervisors, team leaders and managers is to lead and guide their team members through change, encouraging employees to embrace change rather than resist it.

Purpose

The Vital Learning Supporting Change™ program equips leaders with the tools to understand and interpret change in order to more successfully manage their teams through it. By working to support change while addressing the team’s comfort level with it, leaders can more effectively facilitate acceptance of new ways of doing things.

By understanding change, leaders can more clearly communicate it to their team members. This clear communication reduces misunderstanding and anxiety. It also helps employees accept the change initiative more quickly, thereby minimizing lost productivity and decreased performance. Supporting Change teaches leaders how to effectively communicate change and gives them an understanding of the three phases of change, strategies for supporting change with team members and ways to deal with rumors of change.