The content of this workshop is based upon the works of John Kotter – Harvard Professor and bestselling author, a recognized authority on Leadership and Change.
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Specifically we will start with the Leading Bold Change™ workshop which uses John Kotter’s business bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting as a metaphor to rapidly engage people in a forum to learn about change and apply it to the achievement of targeted business results.
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Each participant will be required to read the book Our Iceberg Is Melting. This best selling business book orients the reader quickly to virtually every key challenge associated with a large scale change effort. It does this by telling the story of a colony of penguins that realize a dramatic shift is needed to be made in the “way they do business” as a colony if they are to survive. The story chronicles their journey as they must overcome a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles and eventually incorporate their change and learning into a new and better way of life. This book sets the stage for learning about change in a way that is fun and focused on real results.
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Each Participant Kit includes access to the Leading Bold Change™ online pre-work. This award winning pre-work quickly engages people into a fun learning environment which makes connections from the Our Iceberg Is Melting parable to conditions the participants experience at work and elsewhere. Completing this short pre-work and bringing the results to class speeds up the pace of learning and reduces the time needed in class.
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Each Participant Kit also comes with a Scorecard which provides a visual way to assess change effort needs across the Kotter 8 Step Process for successful change. The scores given by a team on the Scorecard are next transferred onto an Action Planning document. The Action Plan provides structure and documents the intent and commitments made by participants to helping achieve specific change goals. This is where the rubber hits the road; where learning is translated into results.
