For our April 15 section meeting, we welcome Melissa Sherman, who will be speaking with us about Embedding Change Management into Continuous Improvement.
The meeting opens at 5:30 for networking and Melissa will speak at 6:00. We are hoping for a great, engaging event and look forward to seeing you there! Feel free to invite others to join!
Why is change so hard? Change is a complex and multifaceted process that often evokes a wide range of emotions and challenges. Despite these challenges, change is an inevitable part of life and is often necessary for growth, progress, and adaptation. By acknowledging the difficulties associated with change and provide support, encouragement, and clear communications, we can help individuals and organizations embrace change and Continuous Improvements more effectively.
As continuous improvement practitioners we don’t always think about the impact of change the initiative will have on the employees. Throughout this session we will look at the change curve and how we can apply Kotter’s philosophies on change. We will also look at change through the lens of ADKAR, and the principles used at a utility. We will then take some time to discuss “Influencer” and their six boxes (Personal motivation and ability, social motivation and ability, and structural motivation and ability) and how important it is to find the vital behaviors of the employees. We will then dig into the book “Switch” and understand the elephant and the rider as we work on building our communications for the change. Lastly, we look into Change Intelligence and discuss if you lead with your head, heart or hands.
In conclusion, the audience will learn the various items that assist us in our change management for our continuous improvement initiatives and applying PDCA to all of it.