Leading Change and Transitions

Mid-level leaders have a unique opportunity to help lead large-scale organizational change while also working at a more grass-roots level to guide individual team members as they transition to a new reality.  This course leverages John Kotter’s framework from Leading Change as well as transition models to help leaders guide their teams through the change and transition processes.

• Summary chart with Kotter’s 8 Steps
• SCARF model
• Tip sheet for what and how to communicate
• Summary of leader actions to guide transitions

• Leading change: Kotter’s 8-step framework
• How mid-level leaders support change initiatives
• Difference between leading change and guiding transitions
• The neuroscience of change
• The SCARF model: What triggers a threat response?
• Specific leader actions to guide the transition process