GPA Webinar: Effectively Navigating and Leading Organizational Change in a Time of Chaos
Credit Hours = 1 Hour
Skill Level = Mid- to Advanced-Career Level
Grant professionals constantly face change, whether from evolving funding priorities, leadership shifts in their organization or among funders, fluctuating community needs, or new programs. This year we have seen change on an unprecedented scale that requires organizations to adapt or die. This session equips you to effectively navigate and lead change within your organization – regardless of where you sit in the hierarchy – and shows you how to find and effectively use your voice.
Often, we think of navigating change as the job of “the boss” or the person in a position of authority. While they can play an important and key role in organizational change, anyone in the organization can effectively initiate and manage the change process. In fact, the most effective changes – and alerts to the need for change – often come from front line staff, those people more deeply engaged in the day-to-day grind of the organization. As grant professionals, you spent your days interacting with funders, program staff, and the broader community. As such, you often sit at the intersection of the external and internal environments and have a broader organizational and community view than most. This means that often you can see the need for change faster than others in the organization might. How can you alert others in the organization to that need and effectively encourage and initiate action?
Attendees will examine organizational readiness for change by looking at mission alignment, fostering transparent communication, and engaging staff and other stakeholders. By analyzing adaptive and technical leadership, you will learn to mobilize your teams, colleagues, and superiors for sustainable progress instead of seeking quick fixes.
The session will emphasize communication strategies, engagement of your networks, and continuous learning as the key components for lasting success. You will leave ready to create a concrete action plan that empowers you to take proactive steps to identify the need for and lead change in your organization.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will recognize and assess organizational readiness for change by evaluating mission alignment, communication channels, and stakeholder engagement.
Attendees will differentiate between adaptive and technical problems so they can apply the right approach to mobilize teams and guide sustainable progress.
Attendees will develop communication and engagement strategies that empower people at all levels to identify, advocate for, and implement change.
Attendees will learn the basics to create a personalized action plan to proactively lead change within their organization, regardless of their formal authority or position.
GPCI Competencies:
2: Organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking
3: Strategies for effective program and project design
8: Practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant professionals
CFRE Knowledge Domains:
Leadership and Management
Relationship Building
Presenter: Linda Wastyn
Disclaimer
The user acknowledges that the workshops, handouts, and related course materials contained therein are intended for educational purposes only and should not be considered to be legal advice or a substitute for legal or clinical consultation. These presentations address issues that are multi-faceted, and the user should not assume that the courses discuss every law, regulation, or ethical code that may be relevant to the subject matter. Legal and ethical standards are subject to change, and it is always prudent to check to see whether a particular law, regulation, or ethical standard may have changed.
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