Managing Resistance

Is your team equipped to respond effectively?

This module outlines the concept of resistance to change, explains the main reasons individuals resist, distinguishes between resisting attitudes and resisting behaviors, and offers practical techniques to both pre-empt and overcome resistance.

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14 page facilitator guide
5 engaging training activities
35 slide presentation deck
05:00 min summary video
8 handouts
7 resources in reading guide

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Materials included

Summary Video

DURATION: 05:00 MINS

Explains concepts in a concise, memorable manner. Includes a bulleted summary at the conclusion and matching job-aid handout PDF.

Facilitation Guide

PAGES: 14

Comprehensive yet easy-to-follow instructions for facilitating workshops with the above training activities. Includes useful tips and sample answers to questions. No expertise in the topic area is required.

Presentation Slide Deck

SLIDES: 35

For use during workshops in both PDF & editable PPT formats. Slide numbers for each activity are referenced in the Facilitation Guide.

Reading Guide

RESOURCES LISTED: 7

Useful for participants wishing to deep dive into the module topic with links to the web's best articles, books and tools. PDF format.

Activity Handouts

Everything you need to facilitate successful training activities.

Commitment to change postcards
Contingency planning worksheet
Guess who stakeholder cards
Information overload flashcards
Job-aid summary
Terminology flash cards
Managing resistance worksheet (What’s not to like)

Tools & Templates

Used during training activities. These can also be used for change implementation.

Managing resistance worksheet
Resistance contingency planning matrix template

Benefits

This module will activate your organization to:

create a common language with which to understand and describe driving emotion states that underpin resistance, such as fear, fatigue, skepticism, disappointment, anxiety and confusion
empower change management leaders to take action to prevent such resistance occurring or overcome those states if they are recognized among those affected by a change
create a common language with which to also describe resistance by omission (inaction/bystander)
show this video to change leaders, managers and supervisors that are encountering resistance to change in order to give them insights into actions they can take towards overcoming the resistance
explain that simply communicating about a change or change activity may not necessarily lead to message recipients comprehending the message, necessitating the use of a variety of communication types
This module addresses the reality that there may always be resistance in some form during an organizational change initiative and describes that it may be necessary, in a worst-case scenario, to take action to isolate the damaging impact that a resisting individual can have

This module will empower your teams and individuals to:

understand that some resistance to change is normal
identify the varying reasons individuals resist change efforts
acknowledge that some resistance behavior will be overt and some will be covert
gain specific techniques for minimizing resistance to change
distinguish between individuals and their resistance behaviors in order to ensure those individuals do not feel defined by their resistance behaviors

This module is ideal for use at this stage of change implementation:

Pre-implementation	During Implementation	Post-implementation

Training Activities

Summary Video & Discussion

TARGET AUDIENCE: All learners SUGGESTED TIMING: 15 - 30 minutes

The module subject-matter is introduced using a short animated video. The knowledge-check and personal reflections questions are then used to explore learners’ understanding and experience before moving on to other connected activities.

Use examples of learners’ experiences in the activities that follow.

Information Overload

TARGET AUDIENCE: All learners SUGGESTED TIMING: 10 minutes

This activity is intended as a brief, fun interlude to make the point that people can only take in a limited amount of information before they start to become confused or unable to absorb the message. The activity uses the ‘Whispers’ game as its basis.

What’s Not to Like?

TARGET AUDIENCE: All learners SUGGESTED TIMING: 30 - 45 minutes

This activity helps learners understand ways of tackling the resistance behavior of individuals. The facilitator leads a brainstorming session looking at ways to tackle example behaviors.

Tackling Resistance Behavior

TARGET AUDIENCE: All learners SUGGESTED TIMING: 20 - 30 minutes

This activity explores in more detail the four reasons people resist change and how these can affect one’s choice of tactics in responding to their resistance.

Using the stakeholder analysis carried out in a previous module, the groups explore how to overcome the resistance of those stakeholders who were not identified on the grid as being favorable towards the change depending on which of the four reasons for resisting is relevant to that group.

The Last Resort