Change Management Skill Builder

The ability to anticipate and respond effectively to change is a key life competency. These skills are even more critical in today’s fast-paced and competitive work environment, where everyone from the newest recruit to the most senior manager is expected to demonstrate some 'change agent' skills. These skills enable us to lead ourselves, individuals, groups and ultimately entire organisations in implementing actions that can help transform a personal or collective vision into a positive reality.

This booklet has been designed to:

• Help individuals to understand change and how they might approach it more effectively
• Promote understanding of the dynamics associated with managing innovation and change
• Provide an introduction to a few tools and techniques that contribute to the successful handling of change (personally and when helping others through the change process)

The Change Management Skill Builder covers:

1. Identify - exploring the nature of change and how to strategically diagnose it
2. Involve - discovering how people respond to change differently and using this knowledge effectively
3. Inform - analysing and describing change, developing possibilities and commitments for change
4. Initiate - leading the change responsibly
5. Implement - communicating the change and motivating its application
6. Inspect - reaction to change and coming to terms with its impact

What are Skill Builders?

These short, sharp and succinct resources provide best practice thinking on a range of key topics and are currently available in 35 titles. Skill Builders are 12 page black and white booklets printed on 140gsm paper and hole-punched for easy insertion into a 3-ring binder. They are designed to provide a practical method for improving skills and focus on explaining the main steps in the process. On the back page of each booklet, a template illustrates how the process fits together for practical and immediate application.

What can Skill Builders be used for?

• Staff meetings or other group gatherings where time is limited and you want to discuss a specific skill or topic
• Pre-course work (to provide a brief and practical introduction to a topic)
• One-on-one or group coaching
• Self development
• Any other situation where a practical best practice process is required and time is limited