IODA Webinar | Embracing Resistance to Change: Exploring the Change Resistance Paradox Model

What if leaders and change agents guided change with compassion and courage, a sense of justice, authenticity and responsibility, leading to expansive results for the organization and organization members? 

During this webinar facilitated by Jim Maddox, participants will explore the utility and practical applications of a new OD tool – the Change Resistance Paradox Model.  The model is the cornerstone of a recently released book, Embracing Resistance to Change:  Facilitating Change Differently Through the Paradox of Resistance about which Diana Whitney, Ph.D., author of The Power of Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Leadership, said: “a call for emotionally intelligent leadership… a practical book of models and techniques to enrich your change management tool box!” 

Working seamlessly with other time-tested models such as Kotter, Lewin and Weisbord, this flexible model, The Change Resistance Paradox Model, brings a laser focus to the knots of resistance wherever they are found, and shows how to leverage positive resistance and proactively avoids or jettisons unhealthy resistance.

Participants will collaborate to explore how the model might aid in their own OD and change facilitation efforts.

This webinar will be free for IODA members to attend and $25 for non-members.

About the speaker

Jim Maddox is a Change Strategist and an Assistant Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator for the Human Resource & Workforce Development program at the University of Arkansas. He’s passionate about helping individuals and organizations experience life to the fullest, and engaging in positive, transformational change.

He has a Master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Maddox is a Certified Management Trainer with Zenger-Miller/Achieve Global and a Registered Organization Development Consultant (RODC). His current research focus centers on facilitating transformational change in developing communities and organizations and exploring the construct of resistance to change.

Webinar details

Date: Wednesday, 27th April

Length: 1.5 hours

Time: Arkansas, USA: 10:00 | Buenos Aires: 12:00 | Berlin, Germany: 17:00 | Bangkok, Thailand: 22:00

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