Almost every time I facilitate a session on leading change I take people through an exercise I’ve been using for 20 years – the seven dynamics of change. It’s based on Ken Blanchard’s work about the seven predictable patterns that people go through when experiencing change. I love this exercise and it works every time to drive home my key points about people’s reactions to change.

Listen in to learn about the seven dynamics and consider how these dynamics are playing out in your change efforts.

Tune into my other podcast - Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca - to learn about the 20 pivotal conversations you can have to address the seven dynamics, plan and manage change, and engage people to buy in and commit to change! 

For more details on the seven dynamics of change - read chapter 2 in Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders. 

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

Think of something you have aimed to change in your life or at work. How many conversations did it take to make it happen? Engaging in conversations is a must during any change - find out why and some quick tips on how to have them in this week's podcast. 

Want to learn more about each of the 20 pivotal conversations from Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders? Tune into my other podcast - Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca - where we dive into each conversation, give real-life examples of where and when we've had the conversation, and provide all the key questions you'll need to ask to make it a great conversation. You can choose the conversation you need to have based on your situation. 

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

Have you put together a great process or set a deadline for people to complete forms or training - yet they just don't seem to be doing it? Here's why and some ways to get them onboard. 

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

When is it time to get into the middle of the action to get faster results? Change happens when you're in conversation - here are a few quick ways to get into the conversation to make things happen. 

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

In the spirit of the Self-Reflection Conversations from Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders, I've dug into my archives to find my 'Creating your New Year' exercise. This podcast is interactive, so grab a piece of paper and pen to reflect and plan for 2022! 

Happy Holidays!! 

How many assumptions have you made about how those impacted by change are going to perceive it? As it turns out, our assumptions are often wrong, or at least incomplete. Learn how to find out what your stskeholders are actually thinking in this Two Minutes of Talking Change.

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

With insights from my mom - Grandma Brenda - this episode focuses on the importance of managing the people and not just the change - listening, getting to know them, and finding out what they like or don't about the change will lead to success! 

For more leading change insights from Grandma Brenda's career, tune into my other podcast - Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca - What Would Grandma Brenda Do (WWGBD)? 

Enjoy! 

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

When I get asked to provide change management support on a project, my first question is always ‘what do you mean by change management?’. My definition of change management is driven by the need for an organization to realize its desired outcomes from a change. To do this you need solid project management – to prepare, implement, and evaluate the change AND you need transition plans to support people through the ending, exploring, and new beginning stages of transition. Together, these plans make up your change management plan.

In this short podcast I outline the steps to create a change management plan based on the Planning and Managing Conversations and the Engagement Conversations from my book - Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders.

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

Can you be a good change leader if you don't want to change? A deep question to cover in two minutes but I give it a go - with a real-life example and actions you can take - here's a hint, they involve conversations! 

Just like on a flight where they instruct you to put your own oxygen mask on before helping others (in the unlikely event that oxygen masks are needed), you need to start with some self-reflection, and perhaps some personal changes, before you can successfully lead others through change.

And there is fun background music in this one too!

Enjoy the conversation!

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

A summary of the benefits of conversations during times of change...in rhyme! Listen to the quick hits here, then head over the Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca to dive into the details of Why Conversations are Needed. 

Enjoy! 

IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.