Navigating Rapid Workplace Change as a Team

Course details

Organizations and teams face a rate of change unlike any experienced before. By applying change management strategies to teamwork during times of rapid change, individual contributors and managers both will be able to mount a more resilient and productive response. In this course, David Burkus—a leadership expert, keynote speaker, and best-selling author—guides you through effective ways to navigate these changes.

Learning objectives
Recognize the emotional and logistical challenges teams face during organizational change.
Develop a shared vision and clear priorities for achieving successful change as a team.
Categorize and assign new roles and responsibilities to team members to support the change effort.
Design communication norms and strategies to foster transparency and collaboration within the team.
Evaluate team capacity, resilience, and stress management practices to sustain long-term success in the face of change.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Why change is a a team sport
02 - The psychology of change

1. Pivoting during Change As a Team

03 - Clarifying change
04 - Establishing new priorities
05 - Setting new roles
06 - Outlining new tasks
07 - Staying in sync on the work being done
08 - Staying informed on the external environment

2. Communicating through Change As a Team

09 - Creating communication norms
10 - Fostering transparent communication
11 - Treating conflicting ideas as collaboration
12 - Giving and receiving feedback

3. Adapting to Change As a Team

13 - Building resilience
14 - Monitoring capacity
15 - Managing stress
16 - Responding to failure

Conclusion

17 - Change is constant and so is changing