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Change Ready: How to sail through the emotions of change

Overview

Got fewer resources? Increased paperwork? Amalgamations? Tighter deadlines? People coming and going? Technology changes? System changes? Legislative changes? New financial restraints? Changes! Changes! Changes! Every workplace is operating in a climate of change and the pace of change is ever faster.

How do you shift gears to keep up with the latest changes? Why do some people appear to be resistant to change? What do you do when your staff suffer from change fatigue? How do you help them cope with all their reactions to the changes?

This programme will help your team sail through change in an emotionally intelligent way so they stay healthy, happy and productive. They'll learn how to recognise and manage the emotions of change, and to understand why they feel the way they do so that they move from the old to the new more easily.

Conduct this programme now and make sure everyone is pulling in the same direction. Be change ready!

This programme covers EI dimension one: "Emotional self-awareness", EI dimension three: "Emotional awareness of others", and EI dimension five: "Emotional self-management" on the Genos emotional intelligence model.

Learn how to:

Cope more easily with the unexpected and "not knowing".

Understand why you feel and react the way you do whether it is with depression, shock, anxiety, excitement, resignation, resentment, guilt or change fatigue.

Move more comfortably from the old to the new.

Build up your ability to maintain stability and confidence despite the changes.

Identify the emotional change profile of the team.
Help others to move through their reactions to new announcements or imposed changes.
Acknowledge the importance of how far you've come.
Understand why anxiety is common and normal.
Say goodbye to the old ways in an emotionally healthy way.
Reduce insecurity, depression, resentment, disinterest, stress and fatigue caused by the changes.

Find a clear direction through the change.

Stop your self-esteem from plummeting.
Not take the changes personally and to be comfortable with not understanding why the changes are happening.
Make the most of the changes.
Find out what resources you can use to help you stay productive.
Stay healthy through the changes.
Identify specific strategies to best manage the emotional change profile of the team.

Create a change ready action plan.
Look forward to a positive future.

Target Audience
For any team, particularly those facing restructuring, amalgamations, cost cutting, changes to their job descriptions, job losses, increasing workloads, staffing changes, and any other ... changes!

Meet your presenter:

Rachel Green is an award-winning communication specialist and emotional intelligence coach. She is the author of seven books and 20 CDs and has tertiary level qualifications in psychology, speech pathology, adult education and the Feldenkrais Method.
She has had lots of practice at coping with change at work and home and doesn't even mind her hair going grey! She has lived all the practical tips she will give you.
She has conducted the “The emotions of change” workshop most recently for several key organisations including the Great Southern GP Network, Silver Chain and the Shire of Busselton.
Rachel is one of Australia's most dynamic professional speakers and in 2010 was awarded the highest level of accreditation in the professional speaking profession – the CSP. She is entertaining, practical and engaging and promises not to be boring.

How will you learn?
This is an informative, interactive and practical programme.

Significant information presented in an easy-to-learn way.
Personal and inspiring examples and stories of people undergoing change and how they coped.
Practical and relevant exercises.
Self-reflection tasks.
High energy and light-hearted.
Interactive: participants will work individually, in pairs and in groups.
Prizes to be won.
Commitments to be made.

What do others think?
Some of the feedback from attendees at the Great Southern GP Network (Albany), March 2011:

I learnt a lot about how I deal with change.
Very beneficial, I now understand emotions and better ways to manage change and the reasons why we feel the way we do.
I got heaps out of it. I found it very helpful
I got some great tips from Rachel. She also inspired me to take on board all emotions.
Despite having done work around this area before there was fantastic learning from the session.
Yes very relevant and I now understand how to be aware of change emotions.

What else have others said?
Feedback from the Divisions of General Practice in Bunbury and Busselton, May 2011:

Did you feel the topic "Sailing through the Emotions of Change" was relevant to you? YES - 21 NO - 0
How would you rate the presenter's skills out of 10? (1 is poor and 10 is excellent). Average - 9.5
Would you like to hear more from Rachel Green? Yes - 15. No - 0.

Other comments about this event:

Bring it on!
I found the day beneficial - it helped motivate me to start using strategies I know I have but have not necessarily been using.
I learned to separate my areas of changes - so that emotional reactions don't compound.
Great to see emotions are normal when dealing with changes - good to have some strategies and resources to use.
Great - Great - Great - Highly recommended.
Enjoyed the day and Rachel's presentation style - fun, easy and relevant.
Very informative and enjoyable.
Rachel was excellent to listen to.
Thank you for bringing Rachel Green to Bunbury.

Duration:

One full day, 3.5 hour seminar or as negotiated.

Group Size

Your choice - maximum of 40 or as negotiated.

How can you help your team be change ready?

Book a change ready programme for your team now. Just pick up the phone and give us a call on:

08 9390 1188

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