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Learning to Master Change Bill Bevans CoachWorks Farm Center for Life-Long Learning

Introduction 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 learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” - Eric Hoffer

Agenda Learn to master your successful adaptation to change and to take control of the change you want. Realize more of your learning potential. Practice the principles of unlearning, letting go, and relaxed focus to overcome fear of failure and to manage positive personal change. Apply these principles to learning anything. Learn to support and lead others in their change mastery.

Overview Learning is just another word for change. “Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill.” - Michael Gelb Focus Body Spirit Relax Un- Learn Mind Play Change Learn

Books to Read Deep Change:Discovering the Leader Within, 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 Change Two caterpillars are conversing and a beautiful butterfly floats by. One caterpillar turns to the other and says, "You'll never get me up in one of those things."

Learning 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 Unlearn Adult learning feels risky, because it requires unlearning, letting go, and making mistakes. 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 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 and these things in turn lead to learning and growth.” - Robert E. Quinn

Learning to Master Change (From Who Moved My Cheese?, 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?

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

Learning to Master Change (From Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson, M.D.) Imagining yourself enjoying new cheese, even before you find it, leads you to it. The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese. It is safer to search in the maze than it is to remain cheese-less. Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.

Learning to Master Change (From Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson, M.D.) When you see that you can find and enjoy new cheese, you change course. Noticing small changes early helps you adapt to the bigger changes that are to come. Move with the cheese and enjoy it. Enjoy change and savor the adventure. They keep moving the cheese.

Learning to Lead Change When it’s time for a change, leaders go first. All organizational change begins with personal change. A change imposed is a change opposed. People only support what they help to create.

Learning to Lead Change John Kotter’s Eight 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 Change Foundation for Change Leadership The most important things a leader can bring to a changing organization are passion, conviction, and confidence in others. Change-adept organizations share three key attributes: 1. - Imagination to innovate 2. - Professionalism to perform 3. - Openness to collaborate Rosabeth Moss-Kanter .

Learning to Lead Change Seven Classic Skills for Change Leadership Rosabeth 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 Fate “ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” Helen Keller, Let Us Have Faith (1940)

Summary You have explored how to master your successful adaptation to change and how to take control of the change you want. You can now realize more of your learning potential by letting go, unlearning, and overcoming your fear of failure. You understand how to support and lead others in their change mastery by applying the tested principles of successful organizational change.

Next Steps Share how you plan to apply this training in the next three months. Please give me the gift of feedback on the usefulness of this training session.

Support for Your Learning and Change Mastery After today you are encouraged to contact me with any questions, needed assistance, support, or just to share and celebrate. How to stay in touch, but do it soon, because I’m about to practice what I preach: Mail - 383 Page Pond Road Craftsbury Common, VT 05827 USA Email - [email_address] .com Telephone - (802) 755-6280 Web site - www. coachworksfarm .com

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