We all love to see positive change but, when it comes down to it, change is difficult. Anxiety increases, motivation falls, and people feel alone. This session will help HR leaders navigate change within themselves and their organizations by putting them in the shoes of the people they are helping. Together, we will explore how the threat response center of our brain can drive people – including ourselves - away from accepting change and we will discuss ways to handle various types of resistance.
Learning Objectives
· A more personal understanding of what people go through during change
· Knowledge of the change process, levels of resistance, and the role of empathy
· Greater confidence and expanded capacity for change
Alison French, Managing Director of Alto Solutions
In an increasingly impersonal world, Alison French is passionate about helping organizations and individuals make the right connections to create harmony and success. As managing director of Alto Solutions, LLC, she employs brain science in her approach to organizational change, communications, and leadership. An experienced facilitator, trainer and coach, Alison has helped clients within the education, government, and private sectors for more than 20 years, facilitating strategic planning meetings, corporate retreats, and skills training workshops, as well as in-depth change, leadership, and team assessments and strategic communication campaigns.
Past accomplishments range from being rated as a top instructor for the Deloitte Consulting Milestone Program and launching a career mentoring program for BearingPoint, to building and deploying a comprehensive change plan for a major Defense technology initiative with more than 7,000 end users, which, through direct engagement with top leaders, significantly influenced positive perception of the initiative and elevated its change management program to become recognized as a model within the agency.
A former specialist master at Deloitte and graduate of Cornell University and the Kogod School of Business at American University, Alison has been published in ATD Links, is an authorized DiSC facilitator, and has worked with groups around the country to help them improve their leadership and engagement by better understanding the connections between their people and within their brains.
Timeline
8:00am - 8:45am - Registration + Breakfast + Networking
8:45am - 9:00am - Interactive Team Building Activity
9:00am - 10:30am - Program
10:30am - 11:00am - Networking
IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR 1.5 HRCI + SHRM CREDITS
PROGRAM ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED
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