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Change Leaders
                    Communicating for
           Impact, Influence, & Personal Success

                                Jean Gamester
                             Semaphora Consulting


©Semaphora Consulting 2013
Workshop Approach
            Contents                  Style
            • Introduction            • Interactive
            • Relationships           • Stories
            • Connecting              • Evidence
            • Developing              • Information
            • Q&A                     • Call to Action




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INTRODUCTION


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Making Change Work
                                IBM Survey 2008




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What Makes Change Successful?
                                    IBM Survey 2008




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Consider the project you are on now…
                       ...which element needs the most
                                   attention?

            • Top Management Sponsorship

            • Employee Involvement

            • Honest and Timely Communication

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Olympic Failure – G4S




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Olympic Success




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RELATIONSHIPS


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Some Key Relationships
            • Sponsors
            • Business Managers
            • Those Impacted
            • Delivery Team
            • Suppliers & Partners
            • Volunteers &
              Champions

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Let’s Consider 3 Relationships…
     • Sponsors       • What are the
                        challenges
     • Those Impacted   with these
                        relationships?
                      • What are the
     • The Team         Opportunities?

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CONNECTING


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Our Part of the Bargain…

                         – Integrity
                         – Ask – for Help, Tips, Information
                         – Unconditional Positive Regard


                         – Talking to the Top
                         – Demonising Resistance
                         – Winning Arguments




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Some Tools of the Trade

                         –   Stories
                         –   Networking
                         –   Call to Action
                         –   What’s In it for Me?


                         – FAQs
                         – Highlight Reports
                         – Management Summaries


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Consider one key stakeholder…

            • What is in it for them?

            • What types of engagement approach would
              work best with them?




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Impact
                             Your impact comes from your...


                                   7%

                             38%
                                                       Body
                                            55%
                                                       Voice
                                                       Content

                                                       Dr Albert Mehrabian



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Body




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Voice




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Getting the message across

            Getting Sponsor Support…explain

            • What do you want to achieve
            • Why do you want it
            • What you want them to do


©Semaphora Consulting 2013
DEVELOPING


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Developing Skills

                         – Build comms into plans
                         – Experiment
                         – Volunteer to Speak


                         – Speakers Clubs - Toastmasters
                         – Develop Coaching Skills
                         – Get Feedback


                         – “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” Marshall Goldsmith
                         – “Your Brain At Work” – David Rock
                         – “Our Iceberg is Melting” – John Kotter, David Rathgeber


©Semaphora Consulting 2013
Any Questions?
                                  Jean Gamester
                               Semaphora Consulting

                                www.semaphora.com
                             jgamester@semaphora.com
                                 +44 78 77 970 250


©Semaphora Consulting 2013

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Communicating for impact influence and personal success

  • 1. Change Leaders Communicating for Impact, Influence, & Personal Success Jean Gamester Semaphora Consulting ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 2. Workshop Approach Contents Style • Introduction • Interactive • Relationships • Stories • Connecting • Evidence • Developing • Information • Q&A • Call to Action ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 4. Making Change Work IBM Survey 2008 ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 5. What Makes Change Successful? IBM Survey 2008 ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 6. Consider the project you are on now… ...which element needs the most attention? • Top Management Sponsorship • Employee Involvement • Honest and Timely Communication ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 7. Olympic Failure – G4S ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 10. Some Key Relationships • Sponsors • Business Managers • Those Impacted • Delivery Team • Suppliers & Partners • Volunteers & Champions ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 11. Let’s Consider 3 Relationships… • Sponsors • What are the challenges • Those Impacted with these relationships? • What are the • The Team Opportunities? ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 13. Our Part of the Bargain… – Integrity – Ask – for Help, Tips, Information – Unconditional Positive Regard – Talking to the Top – Demonising Resistance – Winning Arguments ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 14. Some Tools of the Trade – Stories – Networking – Call to Action – What’s In it for Me? – FAQs – Highlight Reports – Management Summaries ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 15. Consider one key stakeholder… • What is in it for them? • What types of engagement approach would work best with them? ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 16. Impact Your impact comes from your... 7% 38% Body 55% Voice Content Dr Albert Mehrabian ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 19. Getting the message across Getting Sponsor Support…explain • What do you want to achieve • Why do you want it • What you want them to do ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 21. Developing Skills – Build comms into plans – Experiment – Volunteer to Speak – Speakers Clubs - Toastmasters – Develop Coaching Skills – Get Feedback – “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” Marshall Goldsmith – “Your Brain At Work” – David Rock – “Our Iceberg is Melting” – John Kotter, David Rathgeber ©Semaphora Consulting 2013
  • 22. Any Questions? Jean Gamester Semaphora Consulting www.semaphora.com jgamester@semaphora.com +44 78 77 970 250 ©Semaphora Consulting 2013