Key Aspects: Change in organizations happens simultaneously at different levels: individuals change their beliefs, skills and attitudes; they have to let go of old habits and welcome new ones. Teams establish new rules, processes and relationships. The organization as a whole might change culture, structure and leadership models. The skilled change facilitator is able to think multi-dimensionally and to translate the client’s needs into a sequence of interventions that has to be designed with care,, creativity and respect which addresses these different levels of change.

 

Related Skills of a Change Facilitator:

·                  Systems thinking

·                  Ability to communicate at different hierarchical levels (shop floor to board room)

·                  Broad knowledge of change facilitation intervention techniques

·                  Flexibility in design and redesign

·                  Methods for co-creating intervention designs together with clients and for getting their ownership

·                  Project management skills

·                  Conceptualization and drafting skills

·                  Ability to use different graphical and presentation software

·                  Creating a change facilitation plan