The People Side of Change Management: How to Quickly Develop & Activate Your Change-Ready Workforce!

Overview:

Change is a fact of life today in the workplace. It is not going away. New leaders will be asked to step up, jobs will be changed, new skills and capabilities must be developed, and employees will be uncertain about what’s going on and what’s their future.

Today and definitely into 2026, the ability to manage change effectively will be even more important as organizations face increasing disruption from technology such as generative AI, globalization, evolving workforce expectations from different generations, new legislation, and other factors. And everyone, especially your front line, must be able to adapt and change quickly.

But as common as change is, people may not “buy-in” for a variety of reasons. Even necessary and routine changes can be accompanied by squabbling, subtle undermining, behind the scenes foot dragging, needless political turf battles, - in short, symptoms of resistance.

Therefore, due to the increased pressure to respond to change quickly, line and project managers must also wear the hat of change agents - leading the way to make change work – to be efficient, productive and cost-effective.

Successful change leaders do three things; they anticipate where things are moving, they facilitate the implementation of change, and they build a change-ready workforce.

This webinar is for your managers, project and team leaders, as well as human resource professionals and directors, to fully understand the human elements of change and create effective strategies for engaging their people to overcome resistance, move forward with the change and, most importantly, sustain the momentum.

Why should you Attend: Is change occurring in and for your organization as it navigates today’s uncertainties as well as the unpredictability of 2026? Of course, it is!

Are you, as a leader, manager or supervisor trying to get a better understanding and control of your changing workplace and workforce? Are these changes causing stress or conflicts for you and your team? And, most importantly, are you trying to get all your employees on board the change train that’s rapidly heading out of the station so that they not only go through the motions, but also actually “buy into” the changes that are necessary?

Because the pace of change is accelerating throughout an organization, managing change has become increasingly a part of every supervisor’s, line manager’s or team leader’s job - not just that of top management. That’s because people are the core of the change management process. The ultimate goal of change management is to drive results by engaging employees and inspiring them to adopt new ways of working.

Therefore, to lead and facilitate change means learning how to manage the human side of change - the “people” issues. Most people don’t resist the idea of change as much as they resist being changed. The challenge is to turn it around - to change that resistance to commitment.

This practical, problem-solving webinar will provide you with the strategies and tools for making change work in your team, department and even throughout the whole organization.

Areas Covered in the Session: In this highly interactive webinar, the focus is to increase the effectiveness of managers, supervisor, and even team leaders as change agents and to successfully apply the critical skills for leading and managing change. The objectives are:

• Identify the internal and external forces driving change today within your organization
• Review the five common reasons for resistance to change and the best tactics to overcome them
• Understand the Change Curve: The four stages of every change effort, the signs you’ll see, how to manage each one
• Recognize the powerful human dynamics in all change efforts that can affect the desired outcomes and their success
• Practice a four-step model to communicate change that results in greater employee engagement and commitment
• Learn five personal change resilience techniques to enhance your and your people’s ability to quickly handle the stresses of change

Who Will Benefit:

• Managers and Supervisors
• Team Leads
• CEO's
• COO's
• VP of Human Resources
• Chief Learning Officer
• Directors
• Project Managers
• Operation Managers and Supervisors
• Human Resources Professionals
• Anyone Tasked with Managing Change