Change Makers

Become a Certified Change Maker, and Co-Create Greatness

How much does change disrupt your workplace?

Change Makers Assessment

Download our FREE assessment today to find out if our Change Maker Certification Program is the perfect opportunity for you to reduce pain for your team and advance the skills of those around you.

What is a Change Maker?

Change Makers are rare individuals who drive lasting change by prioritizing the organization’s good, making authentic human connections, and treating change as a process, not an event. They excel at all three, ensuring effective and enduring transformation.

 

 

  • Ensure efficient project management with accurate timelines and budgets, saving time and money.
  • Learn strategies to manage tasks better, reducing stress and headaches.
  • Promotes Emotional Intelligence, fostering a healthier and more adaptable workplace.
  • Develop talent and helps identify and promote potential within the organization.
  • Enhance daily tasks and relationships, empowering participants to positively influence their workplace and future.

 

Save Time and Money

With Change Makers, streamline your project timelines and budget management, saving you time and money from the start.

 

 

Enhances Career Advancement

Change Makers helps you stand out and equips you to identify and develop talent within your organization.

 

 

Improves Workdays, Boosts Influence, and Brightens Futures

Change Makers equips you with tools to tackle daily challenges, enhance communication, and foster positive relationships, ensuring a brighter future at work.

 

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Does your company struggle with effectively managing emotions and driving results in conversations?

Start Your Change Makers Journey with Our First Course

Discover “The Art and Science of Emotional Intelligence”

Are you ready to unlock the potential of Emotional Intelligence and enhance your professional skills? Our upcoming course, beginning September 10, 2024, is an excellent starting point. Designed as part of the Change Makers Certification Program, this course offers a deep dive into emotional intelligence, helping you manage emotions effectively and improve your interactions.

“The training was perfect, it covered so much, and it really does impact the things you need to make change within an organization, both at team level and at company level.Better agendas for meetings, better understanding of meeting leaders, and being able to help others through information learned on project management.”

Brett S, Change Makers Graduate

“I was in Change Makers with another leader in my workplace, and we hold each other accountable. We ask ourselves if we closed the meeting correctly, etc. It’s nice to have someone else accountable that went through it at the same time as you.”

Donna K, Change Makers Graduate

“Through the individual coaching, I was able to take things I was struggling with and get feedback and learn how I could approach the situations. I am more thoughtful about my communication and I am looking at how others want to receive communication rather than my own preferences.”

Sarah E, Change Makers Graduate

“This program has helped me develop critical skills in leading through change, and I’m now much more confident in my ability to guide teams and leaders through transitions. I highly recommend this program from Your Clear Next Step. It’s valuable for anyone, no matter your level of experience.”

Jennifer DB, Change Makers Graduate

Change Makers: 8 Session Course

Elevate professionally and personally with the Change Makers Certification program, an 8-module curriculum designed to equip you with applicable skills, knowledge, and tools you can use right away.

Session 1: The Art and Science of Emotional Intelligence

Cohort: September 10th, 2024

Emotional Intelligence is the foundation of effective influence. Without it, leadership and influence are impossible. This session will help you raise your Emotional Intelligence and leverage emotional intelligence more effectively.

Session 2: Advanced Facilitation

Cohort: October 8th, 2024

Gain and practice proven techniques to protect the productivity of the meeting and keep things moving forward well, even in the face of apathy, distractedness, excessive chattiness, resistance, hostility, unreasonable dominance, and other unproductive behaviors.

Session 3: The Art and Science of Process Improvement and Problem Solving

Cohort: November 12th, 2024

Set in the context of process improvement as an approach for returning business value, this full-day class covers the foundations of effective problem solving, using our own proven methodology.

Session 4: Bringing Out The Best In Others

Cohort: December 10th, 2024

Focusing specifically on skills around how to leverage positional power, this course helps leaders set goals and share expectations and hold others accountable. We’ve got tips and tricks to help you set (and achieve!) better, SMART-er goals with the end in mind.

Session 5: Foundations of Project Management

Cohort: January 14th, 2025

This session zeroes in on setting a solid foundation for success: through this session, participants gain specific, actionable techniques in balancing scope, time, and cost; they gain tools for talking about their project(s) in a way that inspires others to take the appropriate action; they encounter the project lifecycle and the key, non-negotiable elements that keep projects on the road to success.

Session 6: Advanced Collaboration

Cohort: February 11th, 2025

Explore three techniques seasoned leaders, project managers, business analysts, and others can apply to step up your game even further, to continue to increase your positive influence within your environment.

Session 7: Coaching As a Mindset

Cohort: March 11th, 2025

Incorporate coaching into your daily interactions. Practice using tools and models that you can implement immediately to reinforce positive behaviors and prevent future discord.

Session 8: Enabling Change in an Organizational Context

Cohort: April 8th, 2025

Change appetites vary, and changes can be hard. But they don’t have to be. Equipped with a few simple concepts, we can help enable change in their organizations. We do this by defining the terms to make change simpler, allowing a growth mindset, a people-positive attitude, and envisioning change as a journey. 

Plus These Bonus Resources:

Along with the 8 modules listed above, you’ll receive…

  • Six virtual one-on-one coaching sessions with a certified coach
    • The first session helps set a developmental plan for the program, and the sixth session includes assessment of progress towards goals.
  • Self-reflection journal with questions related to each module
  • Networking guide with tips and tricks to help you grow your Change Makers network

Change Makers Certification Program

The Change Makers Program is Ideal for:

  • Senior or Second-in-Command Leaders:
    • Typically responsible for strategic direction and organizational growth, with a focus on improving processes and team dynamics.
  • Front-Line Individual Contributors, Business Analysts, or Project Managers:
    • Often involved in the day-to-day execution of projects and analysis, looking to enhance their professional capabilities and career prospects.
  • HR Professionals:
    • Manages recruitment, training, development, and employee relations, ensuring the organization’s workforce is effective and well-supported.
  • Process Improvement Champions:
    • Influential individuals at any organizational level who understand the importance of process.
  • Team Leaders and Mid-Level Managers:
    • Front-line or mid-level leaders with potential for senior leadership.

How is this course different?

 

Change Makers stands out by focusing on a holistic approach to leadership and organizational improvement, combining Emotional Intelligence, advanced facilitation, and process improvement. Unlike typical programs, Change Makers emphasizes practical, hands-on skill development and real-world application, ensuring participants can immediately implement what they learn to drive lasting change.