Professional Development Day (PDD): Get Ready for Rapid Change
Power Skills
Interactive Session: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Presented in-person
Topic: Get READY for Rapid Change; Simplify and Accelerate Organizational Change
We are inundated with change. New technologies, operational challenges, and adjusted expectations compound change. This session provides a framework and tools to simplify change management practices and ensure stakeholders can adopt and sustain organizational change. Learn to navigate personal and organizational change with a simple framework to increase resilience in yourself and others. You’ll learn techniques to clearly communicate change, how to connect leaders, and reduce resistance to change. Utilize the R.E.A.D.Y. framework to help yourself and others effectively adapt to and accept change. You will learn how to:
Topic: Get READY for Rapid Change; Simplify and Accelerate Organizational Change
We are inundated with change. New technologies, operational challenges, and adjusted expectations compound change. This session provides a framework and tools to simplify change management practices and ensure stakeholders can adopt and sustain organizational change. Learn to navigate personal and organizational change with a simple framework to increase resilience in yourself and others. You’ll learn techniques to clearly communicate change, how to connect leaders, and reduce resistance to change. Utilize the R.E.A.D.Y. framework to help yourself and others effectively adapt to and accept change. You will learn how to:
● Define the change and change impact on stakeholders
● Utilize the power of the R.E.A.D.Y. framework to provide clarity
● Develop sponsor alignment and engagement for change success
● Recognize and reduce resistance while encouraging support
● Develop a plan for sustainable change adoption.
Interactive Session: 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Presented in-person
Topic: Sustaining a Positive Workteam; Breaking the 7 habits of Negativity and other secrets of getting
along
Presented in-person
Topic: Sustaining a Positive Workteam; Breaking the 7 habits of Negativity and other secrets of getting along
Do you feel depleted, disappointed or even disengaged with your work life? Maybe you’ve developed some of the 7 Habits of Negativity. This session provides concrete strategies and practices for those who want to contribute to and benefit from a more positive work life. Learn strategies and tactics to stop gossip, increase camaraderie and develop resilient & positive team practices to reap the benefits of a positive and engaged workteam. You will learn how to:
● Discover how our perceptual frameworks operate.
● Develop actionable strategies to help re-route negative behaviors.
● Learn how to eliminate negative contagion and improve culture.
● Utilize your purpose and big picture
● Utilize the power of the R.E.A.D.Y. framework to provide clarity
● Develop sponsor alignment and engagement for change success
● Recognize and reduce resistance while encouraging support
● Develop a plan for sustainable change adoption.
Interactive Session: 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Presented in-person
Topic: Sustaining a Positive Workteam; Breaking the 7 habits of Negativity and other secrets of getting
along
Presented in-person
Topic: Sustaining a Positive Workteam; Breaking the 7 habits of Negativity and other secrets of getting along
Do you feel depleted, disappointed or even disengaged with your work life? Maybe you’ve developed some of the 7 Habits of Negativity. This session provides concrete strategies and practices for those who want to contribute to and benefit from a more positive work life. Learn strategies and tactics to stop gossip, increase camaraderie and develop resilient & positive team practices to reap the benefits of a positive and engaged workteam. You will learn how to:
● Discover how our perceptual frameworks operate.
● Develop actionable strategies to help re-route negative behaviors.
● Learn how to eliminate negative contagion and improve culture.
● Utilize your purpose and big picture
About our PDD Speaker:
April Callis Birchmeier CSP, CCMP™, PMP®
Recognized with the 2024 Change Awards – Lifetime award and as one of the Top 30 Global Guru’s in Organizational Culture, April is a Keynote speaker and
internationally known organizational change management expert who has implemented change for government, health care, higher education and corporate clients.
She served the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) to develop the global professional standard for all change management practitioner’s worldwide and is CEO of Springboard Consulting, a change management consulting firm which provides change implementation support, and education. April is also an ACMP Qualified Education Provider and provides training and exam preparation for the Certified Change Management Professional examination. As a PMP she provides training for PMI Training and her expertise and experience are evident in certifications such as, PMP® (Project Management Professional), CSP™ (Certified Speaking Professional) and CCMP™’s (Certified Change Management Professional). April is the author of four books including the bestsellers “READY, Set, Change! Simplify and Accelerate Organizational Change” and “READY, Set, CCMP™ Exam
Recognized with the 2024 Change Awards – Lifetime award and as one of the Top 30 Global Guru’s in Organizational Culture, April is a Keynote speaker and
internationally known organizational change management expert who has implemented change for government, health care, higher education and corporate clients.
She served the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) to develop the global professional standard for all change management practitioner’s worldwide and is CEO of Springboard Consulting, a change management consulting firm which provides change implementation support, and education. April is also an ACMP Qualified Education Provider and provides training and exam preparation for the Certified Change Management Professional examination. As a PMP she provides training for PMI Training and her expertise and experience are evident in certifications such as, PMP® (Project Management Professional), CSP™ (Certified Speaking Professional) and CCMP™’s (Certified Change Management Professional). April is the author of four books including the bestsellers “READY, Set, Change! Simplify and Accelerate Organizational Change” and “READY, Set, CCMP™ Exam
