“Mastering Change During Mergers”

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 One-Day Workshop For Managers

08:30-08:40              INTRODUCTION

                               Welcome and Introduction by Senior Management

08:40-09:00              Participant Introductions

                               Workshop Overview/Presentation of Objectives

PART I            UNDERSTANDING CHANGE

09:00-09:35              Icebreaker: The Wheel of Change

09:35-09:50              The Transition Journey: Three Stages of Change

09:50-10:15              Exercise: “Transition Stories” /Personal Guidelines

10:15-10:30              BREAK

PART II           BUILDING RESILIENCE

10:30-11:15              Resilience: A Self-Assessment Tool

PART III          TAKING CHARGE OF CHANGE

11:15-11:30              The Take Charge Model

11:30-11:55              Exercise: The Take Charge Model/Participant’s Example

11:55-12:00              Questions

12:00-13:00              LUNCH

PART IV          THE MANAGER’S ROLE

13:00-14:10              Exercise: The Distribution Curve

14:10-15:05              Change Leadership: Taking Stock

15:05-15:20              BREAK

PART IV          MANAGING TRANSITIONS

15:20-16:30              Change Leader Action Plan

16:30-17:00              Questions and Discussion

17:00-17:30              Wrap-up

                               Preview Take-Away Tools

                               Sentence Completion

                               Evaluation