1. Illinois SAM Team Conference Focusing on Time and Resources May 12-13, 2011

2. Leading Change Step-By-Step By Dr. Jody Spiro

3. Eight Steps to Leading Change Determine your Change Strategy Assess Readiness Analyze the Stakeholders Minimize Resistance Secure an Early Win Engage Key Players in planning Scale and Sustain the Change Strategy Build Ongoing Monitoring and Course Corrections

4. What’s in the Book? Essential Elements for Each Step Mistakes to Avoid Field-Tested Tools to Use Continuously Stories of Struggles & Successes

5. Today’s Focus Determining a Change Strategy Analyzing Resistance Planning for Early Wins

6. Identifying the Most Effective Strategy to Solve Your Problem What is vision/mission What is the problem you are trying to solve? What are the common values of the group? What strategy will give you a domino effect? Is the strategy feasible within your timeframe? Do you have the resources you need Is the external environment supportive?

7. What is Your High Leverage Strategy?

8. Resistance How to Prevent How to Minimize How to Tolerate

9. What is the Resistance to Your Change Strategy?

10. Early Wins-Critical Is Critical, Urgent, Tangible & Observable Can be achieved in your timeframe More benefit than cost Helps deal with loss/resistance Non-threatening to resisters Symbolic of SHARED VALUES Is publicized Is used to build momentum

11. What is/are your proposed early wins?

12. SAM Team Activity Build a Three Week Plan Determine Your Change Strategy (Page 20) Consider the values of your group (Handout to use) Determine Resistance and Resisters (Pages 78-84) Determine possible Early Wins (Pages 95-96)