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„We go and go
– for how long now?
It’s difficult to say.
Nothing changes with our steps;
it’s the same there and here;
before as now and after;
in the immeasurable monotony
of space, time drowns.
Motion from one point to another
isn’t motion at all anymore
if sameness rules,
and where motion is not motion,
time doesn’t exist.”

Thomas Mann

Face conference

12th International Face Conference 2008

Pre-Conference Workshop: How to effectively communicate a significant change and large projects

We would like to invite you to participate in workshop preceding the seminar.

The workshop meets the expectations of people who face challenges such as:

Communicating changes to employees in a company and ensuring its success
Maintaining employees' engagement during disadvantageous changes
Involving employees in changes or implementation of important projects

The workshop delivers knowledge, skills and practical solutions, that allow to:

Initiate and manage the change effectively
Communicate disadvantageous news and minimize employees' resistance
Gain support and create good climate for implementing change
Convince the managers and employees to the change projects and new initiatives
Involve employees tired with many „very important” projects

Workshop agenda, October 20
10.00	The modern context of managing change in the organization • Demand for the "Change managers" as a sign of the times • Organizational conditions that increase company's continuous readiness for change • Two dimensions of change: organizational and individual • Role of internal communication during the specific phases of change
11.00	Gaining a wide acceptation for change projects • Diversified character of groups involved in the process of change • Defining target groups and their expectations regarding the implemented changes • Methods that are helpful in analysis of the initial situation • Communicating a disadvantageous change in the company
12.00	Involving employees in change and new initiatives • The effectiveness of different ways of involving the employees in the processes of change and new initiatives • The principles and tools of involving employees in the team work • The tools that stimulate continuous feedback from persons involved in projects and change
13.30	Lunch
14.30	The optimal application of internal communication tools for supporting changes and projects • Advantages and disadvantages of specific communication tools • Managers' role in communicating changes and projects • The main assumptions for preparing changes and project communication plans
17.00	End of workshop

The workshops will be led by:
Urszula Jabłońska, Senior Consultant
GFMP Management Consultants