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8/3/09Bevans & Associates, Inc.1

Learning to Master ChangeLearning to Master Change

Bill Bevans

CoachWorks Farm

Center for Life-Long Learning


IntroductionIntroduction

Mastering change means learning to learn… again.

Change is just another word for learning. “In a time of drastic change, it is the

learners who inherit the future. The learnedfind themselves equipped to live in a worldthat no longer exists.” - Eric Hoffer


AgendaAgenda Learn to master your successful adaptation to

change and to take control of the change youwant.

Realize more of your learning potential. Practice the principles of unlearning, letting go,

and relaxed focus to overcome fear of failure andto manage positive personal change.

Apply these principles to learning anything. Learn to support and lead others in their change

mastery.


OverviewOverview

Learning is just another word for change. “Learning how to learn is life’s most

important skill.” - Michael Gelb

Focus

BodySpirit

RelaxUn-Learn

Mind

Play ChangeLearn


Books to ReadBooks to Read

Deep Change:Discovering the LeaderWithin, Robert E. Quinn

Leading Change, John P. Kotter Lessons from the Art of Juggling, Michael

J. Gelb and Tony Buzan Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson,

MD


Learning to Master ChangeLearning to Master ChangeTwo caterpillars are

conversing and abeautiful butterfly floatsby. One caterpillar turnsto the other and says,

"You'll never get me up inone of those things."


Learning to Master ChangeLearning to Master Change

List the changes in your life this last year. Which change did you manage and adapt

to the most successfully? What resources and abilities did you call

upon? How did you fully engage and involve

your whole self in mastering the change?


Learning to Learn and UnlearnLearning to Learn and Unlearn

Adult learning feels risky, because itrequires unlearning, letting go, and makingmistakes.

What have you learned this year? Why? What helped with the learning? What did you have to let go, unlearn? How did you overcome the fear of failure?


Learning to Learn and UnlearnLearning to Learn and Unlearn Visualizing the future helps overcome the pull of

the present and past. Learning to relax and focus reduces the fear of

failure. “Keep your knees bent!”

- my favorite ski instructor Unfreezing and re-freezing - almost. “Personal and organizational excellence demands

experimentation, reflection, and evaluation andthese things in turn lead to learning and growth.”

- Robert E. Quinn


Learning to Master ChangeLearning to Master Change(From (From Who Moved My Cheese?, Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson, M.D.)Spencer Johnson, M.D.)

Change happens! They keep moving the cheese. Having “cheese” makes you happy. The more important the cheese is to you,

the more you want to hold on to it. If you do not change, you can become

extinct. What would you do if you weren’t afraid?



Get ready for the cheese to move. Smell the cheese often so you know when

it is getting old. Movement in a new direction helps you

find new cheese. When you move beyond your fear, you

feel free.



Imagining yourself enjoying new cheese,even before you find it, leads you to it.

The quicker you let go of old cheese, thesooner you find new cheese.

It is safer to search in the maze than it is toremain cheese-less.

Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.



When you see that you can find and enjoynew cheese, you change course.

Noticing small changes early helps youadapt to the bigger changes that are tocome.

Move with the cheese and enjoy it. Enjoy change and savor the adventure. They keep moving the cheese.


Learning to Lead ChangeLearning to Lead Change

When it’s time for a change, leaders gofirst.

All organizational change begins withpersonal change.

A change imposed is a change opposed. People only support what they help to

create.


Learning to Lead ChangeLearning to Lead ChangeJohn John KotterKotter’’s s Eight Stage ProcessEight Stage Process 1. Establish a sense of urgency. 2. Create a guiding coalition. 3. Develop a Vision and Strategy. 4. Communicate the vision. 5. Empower others for broad based action. 6. Generate short term wins. 7. Consolidate gains and produce more change. 8. Anchor new approaches in the culture.


Learning to Lead ChangeLearning to Lead Change Foundation for Change LeadershipFoundation for Change Leadership

The most important things a leader can bring to achanging organization are passion, conviction,and confidence in others.

Change-adept organizations share three keyattributes:

1. - Imagination to innovate2. - Professionalism to perform3. - Openness to collaborate

Rosabeth Moss-Kanter.


Learning to Lead ChangeLearning to Lead ChangeSeven Classic Skills for Change LeadershipSeven Classic Skills for Change Leadership

Rosabeth Moss-KanterRosabeth Moss-Kanter

1. Tune in to the environment 2. Challenge prevailing organizational wisdom. 3. Communicate a compelling aspiration 4. Build coalitions 5. Transfer ownership to working team 6. Learn to persevere 7. Make everyone a hero.


Facing FateFacing Fate “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in

nature, nor do the children of men as a wholeexperience it.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run thanoutright exposure.

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

To keep our faces toward change and behave likefree spirits in the presence of fate is strengthundefeatable.”

- Helen Keller, Let Us Have Faith (1940)


SummarySummary

You have explored how to master yoursuccessful adaptation to change and how to takecontrol of the change you want.

You can now realize more of your learningpotential by letting go, unlearning, andovercoming your fear of failure.

You understand how to support and lead othersin their change mastery by applying the testedprinciples of successful organizational change.


Next StepsNext Steps

Share how you planto apply this trainingin the next threemonths.

Please give me thegift of feedback onthe usefulness of thistraining session.


Support for Your Learning andSupport for Your Learning andChange MasteryChange Mastery

After today you are encouraged to contact mewith any questions, needed assistance, support,or just to share and celebrate.

How to stay in touch, but do it soon, because I’mabout to practice what I preach:

Mail - 383 Page Pond Road Craftsbury Common, VT 05827 USA

Email - [email protected] - (802) 755-6280Web site - www.coachworksfarm.com

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