All organizations must go through some type of change in order to adapt to new market forces. Adapting to change, whether it involves new processes, strategies, or personnel, is never easy, but is a vital aspect of a company's long-term success and resilience. In this course, you'll learn about key outputs of a change initiative, such as success factors that improve an organization's flexibility and make it more resilient. You'll explore how to identify stakeholder groups needed when adapting to new processes, and the roles they play in changing operations. You'll also learn how to evaluate the three keys to sustainable change: discomfort, vision and proper skill level.

By facing change deployment challenges head on, you can help your organization successfully adapt to the change, increasing its flexibility and resilience. In this course, you'll learn methods for adapting to change that involve effective ways of communicating the change to different groups. You'll learn how make the process of changing more comfortable, so that your workforce can reinforce their skills and become more resilient. You'll also explore training and performance management techniques you can use when your employees are adapting to new situations.

A key challenge for managers is motivating and engaging employees during times of organizational change. To survive and grow in volatile markets, organizations have to embrace change; they have to innovate and adapt. However, because change involves uncertainty, it's stressful, and it can impact employee motivation and productivity - just at a time when an organization needs everyone to pull together and give their best efforts. In this course, you'll learn change management techniques to help you recognize and manage employee stress, as well as your own stress, during periods of change. You'll also learn about common reactions to change, and strategies for managing change to enable you to engage, motivate, and support employees.

When adapting to change, effective planning is key. If planned and carried out properly, a change initiative can enhance an organization's flexibility and resilience in the face of future disruptions. In this course, you'll learn tools for adapting to new processes, such as change charters and guiding coalitions. You'll discover how to interpret stakeholders' influence and input and how they can help when changing your organization's strategy. You'll also learn best practices for creating codes of change that will enable to successfully adapt and become more resilient.