Role of Communications in Managing change

This lesson covers what is change management and how to communicate changes in the workplace. As a Labour relations practitioner, this is important in a unionized environment as it may involve new policies and may require a change in the collective agreement going forward. Poor communication can immediately cause a change to fail. There is an 8-step model by John Kotter covered in the lesson.

Resources provided in Lesson 5:

Watch a video of Dr John Kotter, Professor at Harvard University, on the importance of communications when managing change: Communicating a vision for change Link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGVe3wRKmH0

https://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/hr/manager-resources/docs/change-management-leadership-guide.pdf

Resources I gathered: 

https://www.prosci.com/resources/articles/change-management-process

https://www.smartsheet.com/8-elements-effective-change-management-process

https://www.projectmanager.com/software/use-cases/change-management

https://www.leadershipthoughts.com/kotters-8-step-change-model/

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