Wiley Journey to Newland: A Road Map for Transformational Change Facilitator′s Guide

Providing participants with the opportunity to understand how change is inevitable and how transformative change is a crucial ingredient to organizational success, The Journey to Newland training packag offers a creative approach that helps to simplify complex issues and brings intangible concepts down to earth. In this comprehensive program, training and organization development professionals will find an integrated design and infrastructure that will enable them to focus on the important issues of leadership, change, teamwork, diversity, and communication under the umbrella of one program. A Journey to Newland Workshop is ideal for a variety of organization situations including: Launching large projects Major change initiatives Systems, software, and technology implementation Increased capacity and adaptability for change Shifts from a management to a leadership culture Important strategy changes Business improvement initiatives New business unit implementation Acquisitions and mergers Development of values, vision, and strategies Creation or development of leadership teams The Facilitator′s Guide includes everything you need to conduct a 1–day introductory session or a 2–day workshop: Detailed instructions and scripts for your training sessions Guidelines for follow–up coaching sessions and development activities Sample participant materials, including a Participant Workbook, Pre–Journey Guide, and Story Book A state–of–the–art electronic teaching tool (on CD–ROM) A 20–minute Journey to Newland animated film (on DVD) with subtitle options in English and Spanish The Journey to Newland Workshop provides participants with a cast of memorable characters, a captivating story, and a common language designed to help participants navigate through the often difficult and emotionally charged issues that arise during periods of growth and change in organizations. From the Inside Flap In today' s fast-paced business environment, change has become " business as usual." Change is constant. Change is relentless. It' s no surprise then that the success or failure of an organization often depends on its leaders' ability to respond to change. While most leaders realize the importance of facing change head-on, far too few are equipped to handle the journey that ensues. The "Journey to Newland" workshop provides a proven road map for navigating the change journey from start to finish. This comprehensive framework-- with it' s easy-to-follow process, memorable methodologies, and practical tools-- enables participants to explore and eventually master the skills that are most crucial to transformational change-- leading change, building teams, valuing differences, and optimizing communication. The "Journey to Newland" takes a refreshingly creative approach that helps participants simplify complex issues and bring intangible concepts down to earth. Participants meet and become familiar with a cast of memorable characters, engage in a captivating story, and learn a common language to deal with emotionally sensitive issues. This "Facilitator' s Guide" includes three design elements that make the "Journey to Newland" workshop tangible, simple, measurable, and memorable: the Storybook and Movie, the " Big Five" Core Capabilities, and the Eight Stages of the Process. "Journey to Newland" provides an ideal resource for a variety of organizational situations including: Major project implementations Strategic change initiatives Systems, software, and technology implementation Industry changes Shifts from management to leadership culture New business implementation or expansion Business unit mergers or separations Acquisitions and mergers Fast growth Diversity initiatives Development of values, vision, and strategies Creation of development of leadership teams Crises prevention and risk management This important resource includes detailed instructions and scripts for a 2-hour overview session and a half-day or