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Professional Development, 15 minutes, self-paced

Change and Influence

Manage change and influence outcomes in your organization

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Included with the Thrive Platform, flat per organization. Courses set the language; live workshops are where the skill is built.

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The course as it appears in the platform.

Who it is for

Professionals living through reorganizations, new systems, or shifting priorities, and informal leaders whom peers look to during change. A fit for anyone expected to help a change succeed without owning the decision.

What you will learn

  • Understand why people resist change and address the underlying concern rather than the surface objection
  • Support a change you don't control by managing your own reaction and helping peers through theirs
  • Influence how a change is received on your team even without authority over the decision
  • Communicate about change in a way that reduces uncertainty and rumor

What changes on the job

  • A steadier personal response to change that others notice and follow
  • Less resistance around you because you address concerns instead of dismissing them
  • More say in how a change plays out on your team, even without formal authority

This course is one part of the mix. The same topic runs as a live workshop where a facilitator who has held the role watches you practice, and Coach Taylor follows up afterward.

Talk to ARIA

Ask what you would ask us.

ARIA works the way a good first call works. She asks who is involved and what should change, recommends the closest starting point, quotes the real price, and hands you to a person when you want one.

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Prefer a person? Say so in the conversation and the team follows up, or use the contact page.

Questions

Questions about this course.

How does this differ from the influence lessons that follow it?

This lesson connects change and influence in the context of organizational change specifically. 'Influence in Organizations' and 'Channels of Influence' go deeper on building influence broadly, beyond change situations.

How long is it?

About 18 minutes, self-paced, part of the professional skills courses.

What if I disagree with the change?

The lesson addresses that honestly. It covers managing your own reaction and channeling disagreement constructively rather than pretending to agree or quietly resisting.

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