Lead Like a Pro: Managing Change and Transition

On today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked, you’ll hear the final installment of Eric’s audiobook, Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide to New Managers. This episode focuses on change and why managers must be willing to adapt to new ways of doing business and relating to people. You’ll hear the elements required to handle change effectively, the benefits that come from it, and how the five stages of grief relate to change. Eric reveals three places you can focus your time and how to divide them up to decide where to invest your time and energy. He also outlines the Kubler-Ross model of change and the Bridges transition model. Finally, you’ll hear the five common reasons behind resistance to change, some steps you can take to address it, the three things resistance to change represents, and learning to view change as an opportunity.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

1. Change and the need for managers to adapt to new ways of doing business and relating to people.
2. The elements of handling change effectively as a manager and the benefits you can get from managing change well.
3. How understanding the five stages of grief can help you handle your team members’ reactions to change.
4. A real-life example of what happens when a manager doesn’t prepare a team for a big change.
5. Reflecting on how you view change and what it models for your team.
6. Three places you can focus your time and how to divide them up to decide where to invest your time and energy.
7. The Kubler-Ross model of change.
8. Reducing resistance to change in your organization and how it manifests.
9. The five common reasons behind resistance to change and some steps you can take to address it.
10. The three things resistance to change represents and how to overcome it.
11. Giving team members space to adjust to the change.
12. The Bridges transition model.
13. Beginnings and new understandings, values, and attitudes.
14. Gaining control of your own responses and viewing change as an opportunity.
15. The path to action: fact, story, feel, act.
16. Remaining connected to your peers and boss through the change and maintaining a positive attitude.

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