Event Details

Organizational change can be physically and emotionally exhausting for employees. Change can
lead to unclear processes and chain-of-command. Unmanaged change can cause employee
anxiety and work stagnation, and worse yet intentional sabotage and other destructive behaviors.
This seminar uses research from human development theory, the psychology of personality and
communication theory to provide employees practical tools to survive during times of organizational
change. Drawing on organizational and change management researchers such as Kezar, Stapley,
Argyris, and Stacey, participants will learn how to recognize signs that they are moving into the
unstable zone, demonstrate Model II communication techniques, and design a good-enough
holding environment within their workplace. 

Learning Objectives: 

1) Understand common change management theories.
2) Understand what a “good enough” holding environment is and how to create it.
3) Employ some techniques of Model II communication in the workplace.
4) Implement strategies that use holding environment, Model II communication, and creative
destruction.

Alan Toigo, M.Ed., SHRM-CP is the Associate Director for Human Resources at the University of Missouri (MU) where he provides HR leadership to employees within the Division of Research, Innovation & Impact. Toigo previously served as a HR Business Partner for the Office of Research and Economic Development, the Graduate School, the Division of Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity, and the Joint Office of Strategic Communication & Marketing at MU. He is the creator of Daily Dose with HR - an employee development online program that ran for 144 episodes during the start of the pandemic. Toigo earned a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from MU and is a certified HR professional through the Society for Human Resource Management. Toigo is a past examiner for the Missouri Quality Award, served on the City of Columbia’s Commission on Cultural Affairs and Boone County Extension Council, and is a small group leader for The Crossing. When not working, Toigo enjoys exercising, hanging out with his family, learning foreign languages, and keeping his golden retriever, Hope, out of trouble.