Nothing is immune to transformation. Everything is subject to re-thinking and revision. Over the past decade a number of great
thinkers have laid groundwork for the discipline of transformation. Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, Noel Tishy's The
Transformational Leader, and William Bridge's Managing Transitions, are three key examples.
This workshop builds on, and adds practical tools to implement, these pioneering theories. The foundation of this workshop is
the premise that effective change is preceded with new ways of thinking and making sense of things. Leaders must tap their
imagination with more effective mental images. Out of the process of creativity and innovation emerges a new vision.
The problem with most visions are they are neither well thought out, nor easy to communicate. The discipline of making a vision
practical is achieved through transformational planning. This unique form of planning is the process of working with a change
project team to create a vision with detail.
Through human creativity and the discipline of transformational planning, the stage is set for a transformation to succeed.
Countless great ideas have failed. Transformations, to take place, require superb communication. Communication that is aimed
at change must address how others think, feel, and act. Once the transformation process has started, leaders must anticipate,
and skillfully manage, the psychological transitions of those affected by the change.
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