Contemporary Leadership Part II: Adapting to and Leading Change

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Detailed Overview/Outline

Organizations stagnate if they do not change in response to changing marketplaces, new technologies, and changing customer and workforce expectations. Leaders must be flexible, agile, and adaptable in the face of change, manage others through it, and be champions of change themselves. Building on Part I, this workshop focuses on the challenges of leading in a changing world, exploring:

• The dynamics of change and reasons for resistance
• How to help your team succeed in the face of change
• Strategies for influencing others to support new initiatives
• How to be an initiator of change, rather than a reactor
• How to engage a team's energy, motivation, and creativity

Who Will Benefit
Middle- and upper-level managers with the responsibility for managing the performance of others in times of change

Prerequisite:
Contemporary Leadership Part 1

Course Outline

• Understanding and adapting to change
• -- What every leader needs to know about personal reactions to change
• -- Surviving change with credibility and confidence
• -- Taking advantage of change
• -- Learning the skills of personal flexibility and resilience
• Creating change
• -- Enhancing team performance and unleashing creativity
• -- Finding new solutions to old problems
• -- Gaining commitment to initiatives that require change
• Implementing change
• -- The secrets of leading change and gaining others' support
• -- How to overcome team morale and productivity problems
• -- Anticipating and avoiding the land mines of leading change

Special Features

• "Change Leadership Action Guide," with a menu of change management ideas
• "Change Leadership Learning and Application Journal"
• Post-workshop 30-minute personal coaching session

Sponsor Background:

• Over 50 years ago, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations was formed to provide training to employers to improve workplaces and workplace life.
• Cornell workshops have a reputation for being current in subject theory and application as well as on legal or regulatory issues.
• Classes are highly interactive…between student and instructor and student to student.
• Discussion groups, case studies, role plays, and other exercises provide practice for your learning.
• Your instructors are skilled communicators and experienced professionals committed to providing the finest in real world, practical education.
• The majority of our clients are repeat users…a testimony to the quality and value received.

Substitution and Cancellation Policy

Substitutions of registrants can be made at any time. Cancellations and transfers are subject to a 25% charge unless received in writing one week prior to the program. Registrants who do not cancel in writing prior to the program date and who do not attend are responsible for the entire fee.

Instructor(s):
Elaine Kamm, Gene Moncrief

Instructor Background:
Gene L. Moncrief, Managing Director, Moncrief & Associates, a firm specializing in interpersonal relations consulting and training. Ms. Moncrief specializes in communication skills, team development and maintenance, assertiveness training, and executive coaching. Formerly, she held a senior position with American Express and was director of corporate programs for Pace University.

Elaine Kamm, President, EKGroup. She is a leadership development consultant with more than 20 years of executive human resources experience, specializing in leadership training, executive coaching, and succession management. Formerly, Ms. Kamm was vice president, executive development and succession planning, at Beneficial Management Corporation, a Fortune 100 financial services organization.

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