Leading Your Team Through Change
21mIntermediate2023-02-06
Authors

Mike Derezin
COO of Chainlink Labs
Course details
Great leaders help their organization overcome challenges and change course. But change is hard, and anyone managing a team needs a proven playbook to help them rally their employees as they acclimate to new ideas and initiatives. In this course, join Mike Derezin—the vice president of learning solutions at LinkedIn—as he highlights frameworks and strategies for guiding teams through actionable change. Throughout the course, Mike shares insights gleaned from his own years in leadership, including how to address active resisters (and manage passive ones), take pulse checks, and hold people accountable for making change happen. Upon wrapping up this course, you’ll be better equipped to lead your organization through both large and small changes.
Skills covered
Organizational LeadershipLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- A proven playbook for leading change
Capturing the Pulse
- Introducing the support continuum
- Addressing the active resistors
- Managing the passive resistors
- Keep taking pulse checks
Reinforcing Change
- Five steps to drive change
- Starting with the why of change
- Leading change from the front
- Measuring change is key to success
- Finding your early change adopters
- Holding people accountable for making change
- Real-life example
Conclusion
- Two key takeaways for leading change