Change Management Simulation

CHANGE MANAGEMENT SIMULATION:

POWER AND INFLUENCE

Presenter Name

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Overview

 You will play the role of either the CEO or Director of Product

Innovations at Spectrum Sunglass Company

 You’re in charge of getting Spectrum to adopt a new

sustainability initiative.

 You have 96 weeks to achieve a critical mass of managers at

Spectrum to adopt your initiative

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Prepare Tab

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Review the preparatory

materials:

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Simulation summary

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Organization chart

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Foreground reading

How to Play Videos

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Analyze Tab: Dashboard

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The dashboard gives an overview

of your progress.

The week

Your credibility ― some levers

are more effective depending

on your credibility level.

The number of

adopters in the

organization.

The organization’s Phase of Adoption

― some levers are more effective in

some phases than others.

The current stage of adoption

for each of the 20 managers

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Decide Tab

The Decisions Log provides

a complete decision history.

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Each week you’ll decide

which lever to pull, and if

applicable, who to target.

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Decide Tab: Lever Information

Levers can only be pulled on at a time,

and some take longer than others.

Click on “?” for

more information

about a lever.

Some levers

cannot be used

again right away.

Some levers target only a few people.

You will choose the people who to target.

Some levers target everyone.

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Decide Tab: Selecting Targets

The Organization Chart

is available for reference.

A target’s stage of

adoption is noted by

his/her name:

•(Aw) – Awareness

•(In) – Interest

•(Tr) – Trial

•(Ad)...