Learn how to manage resistance to change

Change in plans, policies, job assignments, functions, roles and responsibilities creates resistance among many employees and people in general. How do you manage resistance to these changes is one of the most common issues faced by leaders in family businesses and organizations. This resistance is what causes friction, loss of productivity and profitability for an organization.

To help you with these challenges, the Center for Global Best Practices’ is launching a one-day special seminar entitled, “Best Leadership Practices for Fast and Effective Change Management” on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. For details and a complete list our best practices seminars, you may log on to www.cgbp.org or call (+63 2) 842-7148/ 59 and 556-8968/ 69; Cebu lines (+63 32) 512-3106 or 07, Baguio line (+63 74) 423-5148; and Legazpi Line (+63 52) 736-0148.

A leader or a manager must know how to manage this resistance to changes, if one were to succeed in his or her job. Learn what they teach at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) featuring Prof. Phillip Ash, Ph.D., who led this leadership training program for senior officials and executives at the ADB. He also created and led many online learning programs that provided training and development services that grew to more than 40 online and blended courses. While serving as an advisor to the director-general for finance and human resources for four years until May 2013, he also led the realignment efforts that transformed ADB’s functional approach towards HR to a more strategic focus.

In this rare visit to the Philippines, Prof. Ash will share his best practices and his wealth of experiences having been the director-incharge of the change management practice of Andersen Consulting for five years, implementing many change initiatives in Asia and China. He also served as dean of the American Sentinel University for two years. In his visit to the Philippines, he will also lecture on two other topics entitled, Leadership in Action: Mastering EQ and Body Language on May 10 and Master Class in Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving on May 17.