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Hello and welcome to The Key, the podcast for field teams and the people who lead them. I’m Torben, and I am a vehicle reimbursement expert here at Cardata. Today I’m joined by Jennifer McClure, a Keynote Speaker, the CEO of Unbridled Talent, and the Chief Excitement Officer DisruptHR. Jennifer has had a long and successful career in human resources, and we are really lucky to get to speak with her today about how you can be a change-leader in your workplace. The workplace is evolving and changing faster than ever, and so embracing change is necessary, but it can also be scary. Today, we’ll get into how you can overcome your fears of change, and even become the champion for the positive changes your organization needs to embrace in order to keep up with the accelerating marketplace.

Questions

How is the workplace evolving and changing these days?
Technology in the workplace: is it coming faster than ever? What does change mean in a technologically advanced environment?
Why are people afraid of change? What are common reasons for resisting change? How do reactions differ between leaders and staff?
How does change impact people at leadership and at staff levels?
How can people begin to embrace change? What is a leader's role in embracing change?
Why is leading changes a good thing for people’s careers?
Hard question: what if you fail? What happens then?
What do HR leaders and changemakers need in terms of tooling, technology, and support to be impactful in their organizations?
Change management best practices? And your take on facilitating change management successfully.
How do you message changes? How do you convey that changes are important and good for your team?
We’ve been talking a lot about HR, but this is a universal concern for different departments. How does change advocacy look across the organization?
Why is the HR dept especially well positioned to lead these initiatives?
As an HR leader, how do you get finance buy-in for new initiatives?
What big changes are you looking forward to this year?