Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca Jen Campbell

Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders is a great reference book to help you lead change that sticks - through conversation. There are three parts to the book:

Part 1: The foundations of change, definitions, resistance, and why change is often challenging.

Part 2: Why and how to have conversations and with whom. 

Part 3: 20 pivotal conversations broken down into three sections (1) Self-Reflection Conversations - to uncover your approach to leading during change, (2) Planning and Managing Conversations - to plan and manage change with confidence, and (3) Engagement Conversations - to engage your employees and teams to build buy-in and commitment to change. 

In all the other Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca podcast episodes we dive deep into each conversation to discuss why, when, and how to have it. Each conversation has a purpose - get out there and have them! 



IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

The final conversation in the Planning and Managing Conversations! Did we achieve what we set out to do - that is the focus of this conversation. Rebecca and I talk about when to have it, with whom, and some which conversations to revisit to create your success measures. 

Enjoy! 



IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

The purpose of the is conversation is to manage the activities, issues, and decisions involved in implementing your change, to alter course as needed, and to keep your key stakeholders and sponsors informed of progress. 

Learn some of the key questions and who to have involved in these discussions.

Download Status Report templates in MS Word and PowerPoint from my website. 



IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

Change means you will need people to do something more, better, or different. The Performance Conversation will identify the skill gap from your current state to your new desired state, and it will help you create the reinforcement strategies needed to sustain the new skills and behaviours and realize the benefits of your change. 

And you'll learn a little bit about mimeographs in one of Jen's stories about change! 

This conversation doesn't happen enough during change, so tune in and find out the different factors to consider when engaging in the Performance Conversation to lead change successfully. 

Enjoy! 



IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

"Communication, especially during change, is everyone's responsibility" - Rebecca, a long-time communications professional, brings loads of insight to this conversation. Planning your communications during major (or even minor) change is a fluid process. In this podcast we dive into:


Where to start when planning your communications (hint: Stakeholders and key messages!)
How to communicate with different audiences 
Who should be communicating what during change 
And more key questions to develop your communication plan - download the free Communication Plan template off my website 

They is a lot to consider when planning your change communications - both one-way and two-way feedback loops - this podcast will point you in the right direction to communicate with confidence.



IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.

Are you creating the 'raindrop effect' on your people? This is when your employees get requests from many different groups and they don't know what should be prioritized. You need to have the Coordinate Your Asks Conversation to identify activities and requests from across your organization and prioritize what you will ask of your people - before you send out all the asks. 

This is a must-have conversation during any major change, so as not to overwhelm people with too many to dos, but it's also just good day-to-day business practice. 

You can use the Month in a Box template (download it here) to prepare for this conversation, but the key is to actually have the conversation and realize how many different things people are being asked to do, then to actually coordinate the timing of your asks 'from head office' so that all your employees don't have to try to figure out what is top priority - you've done it for them. 

Enjoy your conversation!



IMPROVE YOUR CHANGE GAME

Are you managing or supporting a change initiative? Take the Leading Change for Project Managers course to build your confidence, skills, and toolbox to plan and manage change with ease.

Are you leading a team through change – whether you chose the change or not? Bring the AIM Changer program to your organization – it will change the way you lead forever.