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Keeping People Motivated and Engaged in an Environment of Instability 

  Dr. Robert Bies

Time Allocation - Topics


15%	Thriving, not Just Surviving, in the Age of Instability
	•  Confronting the Myths and Reality of Change
	•  Why Some People Thrive in the Age of Instability and Other’s Don’t

35%	Communicating More Effectively In Times of Change
	•  When Things Go Bad: Getting into the Hearts and Minds of Your Team
	•  Better Ways to Deliver Bad News: A Three-Stage Model
	•  When the Bad News Gets Personal: Managing Stressful Conversations

35%	Keeping the Team Strong—and Together—In the Most Difficult of Times
	•  From Bad to Bleak: Rekindling Hope and Trust in the Darkest of Times
	•  Keeping Hope Alive: Sustaining and Energizing Your Team
	•  From Hope to Progress: Getting People to Take Ownership of the Change 
	•  From Progress to Success: Small Wins and Hard Fought Victories

15%	Becoming the Change We Want to See
	•  Successful Leaders: Winning Habits of Those Who Thrive in Times of Change

Seminar Description

This program will focus on the key leadership skills necessary for you and your team to survive--and, yes, even thrive--in this age of instability; it will show you how to re-kindle hope and trust. Specifically, this session focuses on strategies and techniques for communicating more effectively in times of change, including better ways to deliver bad news and ways to keep team performance strong in the face of adversity. We will identify motivational techniques that can sustain and energize your people--and yourself--in the most difficult of times. We will focus on how to build "buy-in" and ownership by people for the changes necessary to get through tough times. Finally, we will focus on strategies for taking control of change in the future, keeping your team upbeat, and maximizing performance when the "going" seems to be the toughest.

Guide to Participant Selection

Department

Admin

Distrib

Engr

Finc

H.R.

Legal

Mktng

IT

Opr

Plng

Pchsg

R&D

Sales
Senior Executive
 (Pres, Exec & Sr VP)		 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2

Executive
 (VP & Gen'l Mgr)

 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
Senior Managers
(Div & Reg. Mgrs)		 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Middle Managers
 & Superintendents		 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1

APPLICABILITY: 
 1 indicates primary target audience.
2 indicates a good fit if the level of material is appropriate.
3 indicates (in the opinion of the institute and the faculty) very limited applicability.

 
 
Columbus - October 7
 
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