Training for Trainers and Change Agents
Organizations have accepted that change is needed. The next thing they need is a change agent. Individuals are often selected to fill this role because of their history of effectiveness in the organization. This is when the problem begins. Change agent is not seen as a role for which people need to be trained. Shifting culture is not like improving reliability 2%. Change agents need training. Change agents need to understand culture and the dangers associated with a changing culture. Change agents often needlessly jeopardize their health, personal lives, and sanity even when they are successful in changing organizations.
Course Results
- Building and maintaining a power base.
- Understanding how people learn and change, and how you will need to train and communicate.
- Who are you to change people's lives? Authenticity.
- Building a support system to survive being a change agent.
- Enrollment, sales, registration, administration, and record keeping.
- Understanding the pervasive nature of culture and its resistance to change.
- Knowing what progress looks like when shifting culture.
Previous completion of Productive Relationships?, Managing Corporate Change?, or Women Moving Forward? is recommended. A maximum of 10 participants will be selected. Susan and John Van Vleet will co-lead this course.
