Influencing Change Program

Influencing Change addresses the barriers which arise after new ideas have been generated. The program helps idea champions become more skillful and effective at the “positive politics” required to screen, promote, and implement ideas for new or improved products, processes, or systems. Individuals, and especially teams and intact work groups, emerge from the program better able to carry out change initiatives which contribute to organizational goals.

Program Audience

Influencing Change focuses on issues that are common to anyone who must guide an initiative or new idea through the obstacle course of organizational resistance. As a result, the program will be helpful to people from a wide range of professional, functional, and organizational affiliations. Aspiring product or process innovators will acquire the knowledge and skills they need to champion new ideas successfully. Work groups that must implement changes will become more adept at assessing organizational risk and overcoming resistance. Managers will acquire tools to help coach innovative employees or project teams responsible for implementing initiatives.