Trainers as Agents of Change
Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher is credited as saying, “The only constant in life is change… All things pass and nothing stays.” That was true some 1500 years ago and it is true today. Our volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world forces companies to adapt, become agile, and build internal capacities to better “manage change.”
Unfortunately, the data show that over 70% of change efforts fail to achieve their intended goals. There are many reasons, too many to mention here, but one of them is seldom mentioned at all. In fact, it seldom reaches consciousness. What is that? Training’s role in change interventions. Everyone knows, expects, and understands that training must be a part of change projects, so much so that is axiomatic.
My question is, “Do trainers understand the change process, how transitions affect people, and how they can maximize their knowledge and skills to help their organizations obtain optimum results?”
That’s what this overview workshop is designed to do, provide trainers with information that can help them leverage their unique talents to increase the effectiveness of change projects. It’s not about becoming better trainers. It’s about becoming better change agents.
Participants will learn:
- The different kinds of change interventions and the type of training that is best suited for each.
- The difference between ADDIE and how change agents gather data to plan their interventions.
- The difference between a Trainer’s Mindset and the Mindset of a Change Agent.
- Steps a Trainer can take to improve the results of change interventions.
Meet your Presenter:
ALAN LANDERS
Alan is President and CEO of the OD & Change Leadership Group, a global consultancy with consultants across the United States and partners in five countries.
Alan started his career in 1978 as an instructional designer with the City of San Diego. Two years later, he became VP of Training for a national financial company headquartered in San Diego. In 1985 he became a senior OD and Training consultant with University Associates. Four years after that, he founded the OD & Change Leadership Group. Alan has been a successful training executive for Fortune 500 firms as well as the CEO of two companies, The OD & Change Leadership Group and FirstStep Communications, an international call center with over 200 employees located in Pakistan.
In 2018, Alan established a partnership with the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management to create and deliver a global certificate program in OD and Change Leadership. Two cohorts have completed the course and the next is scheduled for June of this year. ODCL’s client list includes many Fortune 500 companies among them are General Motors, AT&T, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dun & Bradstreet, Texas Instruments, and HJ Heinz. Alan has consulted with government agencies, hospitals, universities, manufacturers, nonprofits, and financial institutions domestically and abroad.
His executive-level seminars have been offered at universities across the country, including Southern Methodist, Auburn, Washington State, Michigan State, Texas A&M, Northwestern, and others. He also designed and conducted webinars on Becoming a Successful Consultant for the Institute for Management Consultants.
Alan is a native San Diegan, a graduate of San Diego State University with a BA in Asian Studies and a Masters in HRD from University Associates. A graduate of the Defense Language Institute’s basic, intermediate, and advanced Chinese Mandarine courses, he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
ATD San Diego Chapter has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. This program qualifies for a maximum of 1 point.
Impacting Organizational Capability
Note to registrants: Portions of this event may be recorded for chapter marketing purposes
