Mona Sabet delivers presentations on change management with a focus on women professionals. In this slide deck, Mona talks about the importance of change and her 5 step approach to managing change effectively.
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What are we talking about?
?Getting promoted
?Getting fired
?Delivering a critical presentation
?Establishing a new business / product / service line
?Moving to another city that you have never lived in before
daring to do something that pushes you out of your comfort zone
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Luke Skywalker would have died a Tatooinefarmer instead of becoming a decorated starship pilot who experienced the thrill of saving the galaxy
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imagine for a moment a world not forced to change¡
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changeprogress
does not necessarily
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no change irrelevance
definitely
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change that happens to you
change that you make happen
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There are 2 kinds of change¡
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Why is Change Hard?
The Hard Life of a Change Agent
Deloitte & Touchestudy: most often cited reasons for failing to manage change
8 -18%¨CAncillary staff involved too late
1 -60%¨CResistance to change
7 -25%¨CInadequate team skills
6 -26%¨CLack of cross-functional project team
5 -28%¨CUnrealistic expectations
4 -28%¨CLack of senior executive champion
3 -39%¨CLack of executive consensus
2 -42%¨CLimitations of existing systems
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A Framework for Leading Change
1.Initiate
2.Galvanize
3.Explore
4.Negotiate
5.Sell!
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Initiate
Change is hard because you have to get off the proverbial couch and rock the status quo.
How do people motivate themselves to take on a hard challenge ?
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Initiate
The Gender Twist
?overcoming fear of failure (your own resistance)
?must believe you can do it without any supporting evidence!
I¡. I don¡¯t believe it!
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Galvanize
Rise up against the enemy!
A common enemy unites and aligns people!
Collect together the people that care about achieving a change and excite them to join!
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To galvanize, you must BE
?bold
?provocative
?loud
?passionate
?committed
The Gender Twist
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You must take the stage
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Explore
?who¡¯s involved (stakeholders)
?what do they like about the way things are
?has anyone tried to change it before ¨Cwhat happened
?what could go wrong
?what is exciting about the change
?whose support do you need
?whose expertise to do you need
Find out about the hippos
http://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen
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Explore
?talking about something before you have it all figured out
?must project a confidence that make others begin to believe you can do it without any supporting evidence!
The Gender Twist
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Negotiate
Are you good at dating?
Changing the status quo means wooing stakeholders to commit to creating a new normal with you.
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Negotiate
?ASK!
?It isand isn¡¯tpersonal
?Don¡¯t take things personally
?But make it a personal relationship
?Use weak points and be prepared to confront
?Expect to reach a great outcome
?Expectations drive behavior
The Gender Twist
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Sell!
connect visuallyand emotionally
publicize broad based social proof ¨Cuse names!
give people an opportunity to engage
make it an identity people want to associate with
make it FUN to join the team!
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Five Very Different Skill Sets
1.Initiate
2.Explore
3.Galvanize
4.Negotiate
5.Sell!
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Understand Who You Need to Recruit
introvert
extrovert
analytical
creative / intuitive
GALVANIZE
NEGOTIATE
SELL
EXPLORE
INITIATE
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