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CHANGE QUICKSTART

In only three days, this intensive working session establishes a solid foundation for your organizational change and provides you with a road map for navigating through the transition.

 

Who Is The Change QuickStart Program For?
What Our Clients Say...

"...everyone left the session feeling like they had a real hand in the result.

Most importantly, the participants left with a sense of responsibility for realizing the goals we set out as a team."

Steve Kroft
President and CEO
Conviron

"The exercise Conviron did with Dawn-Marie to define our Intended Outcome Statement has become one of our most powerful tools for managing transition."

 -- Marcelo Lubocki
Manager, Design Engineering
Conviron

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  • Any organization that is about to launch or has recently launched a change initiative
  • Any organizational change where success is critical and time lines and budgets are tight

Can Change QuickStart Help If My Change Is Already Launched?

While it will always be more effective to undertake these steps at the beginning of a change,  the Change QuickStart can be part of an effective strategy to help you re-launch a change that has gotten off track.

Program Description

Over three intensive working days, a Turner Change Management facilitator will guide  your team through specific conversations and activities that will help you to clarify and build consensus around the intended outcome and create a plan for reaching it.

Day 1: Define An Intended Outcome for the Change

Defining a clear outcome for your change event is critical to your success. This 1-day facilitated workshop will help you ensure that this vital element is firmly in place.

Days 2 & 3: Develop A Transition Plan

This two-day workshop will define the activities that will help people make the changes needed in order to achieve the intended outcome.

Program Details

What Is An Intended Outcome Statement?

The intended outcome is the bottom line of your change. A clear and compelling intended outcome is more than a  high level vision statement.

How A Clearly Defined Intended Outcome Benefits Your Change

  • Establishes/affirms a clear direction. Ensures that everyone sees the same shade when they think about "green".
  • Creates buy-in and begins to build commitment for the change
  • Outlines the full scope of the change and begins your plan
  • Initiates the change process

The Risks of Implementing Change Without a Clearly Defined Intended Outcome

  • Lots of activity with no clear understanding of where it is taking you
  • Resistance to change

What Is A Transition Plan? How Does It Differ From A Project Plan?

  • A transition plan defines the activities required to support people through the transition process.
  • It specifies both the hard and soft activities needed to achieve the intended outcome of your change.
  • While a project plan focuses on key deliverables and milestones, the transition plan helps to guide your process. You will continually adjust your plan based on how people are responding to the change event and moving through the transition. (Most of the transition happens outside of the scope of the project plan.)

What Is The Value Of A Transition Plan?

  • The transition plan is your road map for navigating through the transition, but when it comes to planning for change, how you plan is as important as the plan itself.
  • By involving the people affected by change in the planning process, the process itself becomes action. The people involved in the planning build higher levels of commitment and begin to move toward the intended outcome even during the planning process.

Your QuickStart Program Includes...

  • Preparation and tailoring of workshops with change sponsor
  • Customization of materials for the Intended Outcome and Transition Plan workshops
  • Facilitation of 3 days of working sessions
  • Documentation of your Intended Outcome
  • Documentation of your Transition Plan

Your Return On Investment

  • A solid foundation for planning, communicating and evaluating your change
  • A stronger sense of shared vision and alignment among your change leadership team
  • A greater opportunity to realize the full value of your change sooner
  • Better use of time and resources invested in the change
  • Less resistance and lost productivity during change

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q. We've already got a vision/mission in our project plan/charter/etc. Can we move straight to the plan?

A. In our experience, the work of the Intended Outcome workshop ensures that the top level change leaders all "see the same shade of green". It's not uncommon for a leader to believe that his or her entire team has the same vision of the change, only to find once the discussion starts that while everyone agrees on greeb, one person sees forest green, another sees olive and yet another pictures grass green. Additionally, going through the Intended Outcome process helps to confirm participants' buy in for the change and begins to build the commitment that will be needed to realize sustainable success. Unless the intended outcome is clearly defined and articulated, your ability to make meaningful plans is limited.

Q. Our leadership team is very busy. Does everyone need to be present at these workshops as long as they agree to abide by the group's decision?

We strongly encourage all key players to be present during all three days of workshops. The interaction that takes place during the Intended Outcome session is as important as the final intended outcome statement. While it may seem efficient in the short term, we have invariably found it to be far more successful when all of  the leaders directly involved in the change are present. In the same way, the planning process is at least as important as the plan. Those who contribute will be far more committed to ensuring the plan is successful.

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