Change Ambassador Resources
Resources such as slides, handouts, and video recordings from each meeting will be posted here (login required).
- February 2025
- January 2025
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December 2024
Recording (will open in Box)
- November 2024
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October 2024
The focus of this meeting was for Change Ambassadors to hear from Workday project leads regarding high impact changes for Finance, Payroll, and Faculty. Ambassadors met in their divisional groups to review their communication planners and discuss ways to diseminate relevant information within their divisions.
Recording (will open in Box)
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September 2024
The focus of this meeting was for Change Ambassadors to hear from various Workday project leads regarding Finance and Payroll cutover information as well as high impact changes for Human Resources and Student Employment. The group also learned more about the functionality that will be available to employees and managers via the Workday mobile app.
Handout: Compass Points Activity
Recording (will open in Box)
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August 2024
The focus of this meeting was for Change Ambassadors to learn strategies for influencing stakeholders. The group also viewed a live demonstration of the clocking in and out process for hourly employees in Workday and received a project update which included important information about cutover.
Handout: "Two Minute Mornings" Mindfulness Practice
Handout: Influence and Stakeholder Worksheet
Recording (will open in Box)
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July 2024
This meeting included a recap of the ADKAR model of change management and a deeper dive into tactics for promoting change acceptance among various types of change resistors. The group also received a live demonstration of the requesting absence process in Workday.
Interested CAN members are welome to join the change management team for an optional book club discussion on August 8. (Copies of the book Change Management: The People Side of Change were distributed to all Change Ambassadors after the June meeting.)Demo Video: Employee Requesting Absence in Workday
Handout: Sample Job Aid - Getting Started with Workday - Logging in and Navigation
Handout: 7 Types of Change Resistors
Handout: ADKAR Refresher and 10 Tactics for Promoting Change Acceptance
Recording (will open in Box)
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June 2024
This meeting included an overview of the ADKAR model of change management and tactics for promoting change acceptance. For homework, change ambassadors are asked to complete the second part of the "Me, Us, and Them" worksheet, brainstorm how they would approach their assigned change resistor, and to consider joining the change management team for an optional book club discussion on July 11. (Copies of the book Change Management: The People Side of Change were distributed to all Change Ambassadors.)
Handout: Me, Us, and Them Worksheet
Handout: Tactics for Promoting Change Acceptance
Handout: 7 Types of Change Resistors
Recording (will open in Box)
- May 2024
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April 2024
The focus of this meeting was for Change Ambassadors to learn strategies for effective communication, begin creating a simple communication plan for their division, and learn more about the current Banner systems and what will change with Workday (and what will not change).
Handout: Communication Planner Instructions and Examples
Handout: Communication Planner Worksheet
Agenda Template for Meeting with Divisional Leader
Recording (will open in Box)
- March 2024 (Kickoff)