Change management training,
mastering and leading change
Shed for Success™ Training System
Harvard Business Review claims that 75% of all change efforts fail largely because people feel left out of the process and lack the motivation, skills and knowledge to adapt to the new systems, processes and procedures. Can you imagine what your organization would be like if everyone could lead and master change? Organizations that equip their people to SHED faster and quicker will be the ones that survive and thrive!
What are you doing to equip your employees to lead and manage sustainable change?
We partner with organizations to equip their employees to lead and master change. Using our proven SHED for Success™ Training System, we deliver amazing results to meet and exceed the organization's business objectives.
"The Shed for Success™ training program was dynamic and relevant. I have never seen our employees more energized and engaged in their interactions with our customers."
— Jeffrey Vollum, Deputy Director, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
"Kathy’s Shed or You’re Dead philosophy permeated out minds so much that we instituted an awards program called 'Shed for Success' which recognizes individuals or team members who excel."
— Ken Barber, Training Manager, Shell Oil
Shed for Success™ workshop series is highly customized for sales, management and various workgroup teams. All workshops are designed and delivered around the outcomes and success you want delivered.
Module 1
Foundations to Shed for Success™: Critical Change Management Skills for Every Leader.
- Embrace the concept of shedding and why it is a critical skill in today's environment.
- Learn the different stages and models of change.
- Understand the benefits of changing vs. the consequences of not changing.
- Implement 7 strategies to build resilience and manage smart despite increased demands.
- Practice the 3 R’s of shedding to stay positive, juggle priorities and do more with less.
- Overcome the number one barrier to effectively manage rapid change.
- Understand the top 5 reasons why people don’t embrace change and SHED!
- Apply the 3 best tips to motivate non-shedders.
- Learn how to counter resistance to change.
- Identify 8 key characteristics of “super-shedders” who thrive during change.
- Answer the question, “Is all change good?”
- Learn how to create a culture that is change-resilient.
Module 2
SHED Styles™ for Success: Increasing Your Effectiveness by 75%.
- Learn how people respond to turbulent change differently and how to adapt your style to get positive results.
- 4 warning signs that your team may not be running as efficiently as possible.
- Learn how to adapt to different generational styles.
- Recognize how 6 various learning styles respond different to change.
- Learn how to remove the biggest obstacles to a successful and sustainable change.
- Gain increase awareness of your own personal preferred style of change.
- Practice the 3 tips for helping people become comfortable with uncertainty.
- Adapting to change within different company cultures and styles.
- Apply 16 proven strategies for approaching change for different SHED styles.
Module 3
Who Killed Communication? Solving the Communication of Change Puzzle
- Answer the 3 key questions every leaders needs to ask before the implement any organizational change.
- Understanding my role(s) in the change process.
- Learning how to preparing myself and others for change.
- Identify how to appropriately express concerns or issues that you have with the change?
- Learn how to communicate change when you’re not 100% for it.
- Learn how to manage change when you are personally dealing with your own losses?
- Avoid common pitfalls of using the wrong communication tool at the wrong time.
- Embrace how to lead in times of crisis and rapid change while being sensitive to the human loss.
- Apply the 7 step Shed for Success™ model to effectively communicate change.
- Avoid the top 5 reasons why communication fails.
- Learn how to communicate and manage change (from a far) virtually.
- Implement 10 ways to earn buy-in and support from top executives.
- Apply the top 21 Shed for Success™ communication strategies that deliver results.
- Create a personal action plan for how you and your organization will SHED for Success™!
"Kathy’s Shed or You’re Dead® philosophy transformed our Six Sigma deployment."
— Vinny Tucillo, Director, Global Six Sigma, Honeywell
"She changed our behavior overnight!"
— Robert Rummel, PhD, Training Manager, Western Industries
"Kathy’s ability to get everyone in the company, factory labor through management to 'shed their skin' and better themselves both personally and professionally is impressive."
— Robert J Aaron, Executive VP, Powersource
Additional Bonus Modules
Strategic Storytelling & Presentation Skills:
The key to persuading others and delivering business results!
Persuasion and presentation skills are critical for business success. When you look at the most influential people in history, they all have one common characteristic; they were great presenters & storytellers. Forget about PowerPoint and statistics. If you really want to change behavior, sell your idea, service or product, you'll learn the secrets to telling a great story.
In the interactive hands-on workshop, attendees will learn the following:
- 7 purposes of telling a story
- Characteristics of outstanding presenters
- 4 point classic story structure
- Top 10 tips for telling a great story
- 5 techniques to generate story ideas
- No. 1 critical factor that all great stories must have
- How to dissect stories to understand the construction
- 7 places to find great stories
- The consequences of not telling stories
- How to apply the techniques to your own work
- 3 biggest barriers for using stories at work
- Storyselling: How to sell your ideas, products or services by telling stories
- How to engage others by telling an interactive story
- 3 strategies for choosing the right words for impact
- Write your own story for direct work application
"Kathy’s energy and style is contagious! An event to be remembered! She connected with the audience, conveyed messages using humor and vivid storytelling, and encouraged everyone to learn and grow in a way I have never seen before!"
— Marie C Ireland, Specialist, Virginia Department of Education
Strategic Shedding Celebrations/Retreat Facilitation!
Is your group struggling with how to take things to the next level? Stuck in the same old, same old? Can your team even imagine being twice as successful as you are right now?
Then, ignite your organization with a strategic celebration? Yes, go ahead and throw a party and celebrate your success now! Hallucinate*, or visualize your future state and then celebrate your success as if it already happened. You will be AMAZED at the results!
*Hallucinate (hal-lu-ci-nate)
1. Seeing or hearing something not there.
2. Visualizing what could be there!
"Kathy did an outstanding job! Pfizer has the No. 1 Training organization ranking out of the Fortune 100! I have been to many train-the-trainer sessions in my career, but this was by far the best! And it was due to Kathy and the passion she brings. In my 15 years in the workforce, I have never attended a seminar that kept me so engaged!"
— Jodie Kramer, Director, Global Learning & Development,
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals