CASLIS Ottawa Workshop: Mastering Change

CASLIS Ottawa is excited to be offering a workshop entitled "Mastering Change" led by François Lizotte, an expert with 10 years experience in Change Management. This 3 hour workshop will teach you the core principles of Change Management and how to implement them in your organization.

Workshop Description
Are big changes in store for your organisation? Project Management is not enough to ensure success. Statistics show that more than 70% of major change initiatives fail to reach their objectives. Projects often take longer to implement than expected and return on investment is never realized, making senior management question the validity of future investment. Outsourcing, downsizing, organizational restructuring, implementation of major systems and other significant changes need to be looked at in a new light. Learn how to ensure success by understanding how change affects people and incorporating proven Change Management principles into your project plan.

Participants in this workshop will:

• Understand why a Change Management approach is critical to project success
• Learn how to sell a Change Management approach to senior management
• Receive Change Management toolkits developed by The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (UK), which they can immediately put to use in their home organisations
• Gain hands-on experience working with selected tools

About the Speaker
François Lizotte is a Change Management Consultant and President of François Lizotte Consulting Incorporated (FLCI). For over ten years, he has successfully led organizations through complex organizational and technological changes. He brings more than twenty years of managerial experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors. He is a certified instructor in the William Bridges model on Change and Transition. He understands the human factors that must be considered for change initiatives to be successful and proposes strategies to ensure that projects succeed and deliver expected returns on investment.

When: Thursday, February 12th, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Where: Capital Hill Hotel & Suites, 88 Albert St., Tupper Room [map]

Cost:
CLA members $35
non-CLA members $45
CLA student member $10
non-CLA member student $15

Refreshments will be served during the workshop.

Email rsvp@caslisottawa.on.ca to register. Please indicate whether or not you are a CLA member and/or student.