Change Readiness Programs
The world is changing fast, and you need to change with it. Most organisations have not kept pace with developments in change readiness, leaving them vulnerable to more agile, change-ready competitors. We can show you how to build your organisational change readiness so you grow and stay ahead.
Change readiness has both a psychological (change fitness) and an organisational focus. It depends on what and how people think, and the organisation’s internal environment. It also has an individual and a group focus.
What your strategy needs to do
On the individual level, your change readiness strategy must produce adaptable workers and effective change leaders.
On the group level, your strategy must produce engaged, diverse, and adaptive teams and managers who build engagement and create the right environment for lasting change to emerge.
How do you achieve these outcomes?
Let’s take one of the programs we offer and see how it can help an organisation achieve the benefits listed above.
The Change Readiness Superpowers (Group) course aims for two outcomes.
It aims to increase the team’s capacity for change – their change fitness. Building change fitness supplies people with the psychological resources they need to be good at change and successful at it. It also aims to promote rich and fruitful discussions that uncover new visions and insights and reveal opportunities that can be leveraged immediately.
Imagine you were in a room with four blank walls and one window. You see the most fantastic view of a spectacular landscape through the window. You’re not standing there thinking ‘ What a magnificent window’. The purpose of the window is to reveal what is beyond the window.
The Change Readiness Superpowers course is like that window. It gives you information about change readiness, but the magic is in how you use that information to improve where you are and to take you further.
When taken as a group program, the Change Readiness Superpowers course helps uncover hidden ideas and strategies that could revolutionise your business. It will help you build change readiness, which we will measure. But its power lies in the vision it enables you to develop.
Do the programs work?
There are two ways to answer this question. The first way is to consider whether the programs (like the Change Readiness Superpowers course) help build change readiness. We have collected data about that. These data are presented in the graph below.
This graph shows change readiness improvements in recent clients across various groups. The red columns show their change readiness scores before training and the green columns show the scores after training. Our programs are scientific, and there is quantitative and qualitative data to show they are effective in building change fitness.
The second issue is how much a program like Change Readiness Superpowers will benefit your business. That question is more complex because it depends on how you interact with the program. Like the window, the program is a tool, not the main focus. If your team engages in rich discussions and is keen to explore ideas, many of those ideas could be gold to your team.
Do we deliver consistent quality?
Standardised inputs. Our programs are built on standardised inputs. Over time, we have discovered what works and refined how we deliver our programs. We are still learning and looking for ways to improve, but we know our standardised procedures deliver consistently great results.
Qualified staff. We rely only on trained, skilled, and talented instructors to deliver our programs. Our team can deliver and support our programs, allowing us to scale them as needed.
Robust IT. We have our own adult learning platform supported by a robust IT system, Australian servers, and online tech support.
Assessment measures. We use quantitative and qualitative measures to track progress and maintain the quality of our programs, processes, and systems.
In-house supply. We do not rely heavily on external supply chains. We own our IP, programs, and platforms. Apart from structural components like our ISP provider or products like Zoom, everything we need to deliver our programs is in-house.
Simple, flexible systems. Our systems and processes are simple and easy to follow. We offer flexible services – precisely what you would expect from a change readiness company. We continually revise and refine our processes and systems based on real-world experience and feedback.
ISO 9001:2015. While we are not ISO certified, we consistently strive to be ISO 9001 Compliant.
Business Outcomes
Here are four business outcomes you can expect to see:
Improved performance. You will significantly increase performance across your teams by leveraging change readiness. It’s easy; we can show you how to do it.
Better change outcomes. More ability to cope with unexpected changes – change readiness makes organisations more competitive and supports long-term sustainability.
Better problem-solving and more opportunities. Change readiness improves problem-solving capability and makes seeing and grasping new opportunities easier.
Greater well-being and sustainability. As people develop a greater capacity to deal with change, their well-being improves, and organisations become more sustainable.
Low Risk
Being ready for change is not risky; to be unready for change is far riskier. Building a change readiness strategy and making your organisation more ready for change involves virtually no risk.
Our system for building personal change fitness and organisational change readiness is not risky. It has been developed from Steve Barlow’s award-winning PhD research into change readiness. Our programs and tools have been tried and tested for nearly a decade in the Master of Leadership program at the University of Tasmania’s School of Medicine. They have also been used extensively with people and businesses across 16 countries. Some have been included in CPD programs at the International Coaching Federation and the Australian Association of Social Workers. Our programs are safe to use.
Our processes are not risky. We do all our work ourselves. Dr Steve Barlow either delivers all programs himself or, if others are involved, remains close to the delivery. Our processes are systematised, so we deliver consistent quality. We are DIFOTQ-ready – delivering our services in full, on time, and with consistent quality.
Our company is not risky. We own all our resources, tools, and programs, are fully insured, and have been in business since 2010. We have a robust risk management plan, a low environmental impact, compliant WHS practices, and financial security. We are small enough to be flexible and quick to respond.
Our leadership is not risky. CEO, Dr Steve Barlow, is a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders (ANZ) and a Member of the Change Management Institute. Steve has adult education training and experience, having delivered training programs in universities, prisons, vocational education institutes, and schools. Steve has a PhD in change readiness, a Masters in Educational Psychology, and adult learning qualifications.
Your investment is not risky. We stand by our programs; provided you do your part, we are confident you will see real benefits.