How to Become a Change Agent
Creating Opportunity for Change:
One Life at a Time
Keith Swayne- Swayne Foundation
Shelley Hoss- OC Community Foundation
Robert Santana- Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana
Santa Monica Room
February 4, 2016
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time
Wheel of Change
Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time
Wheel of Change
PURPOSE: WHY we want to make change is critical
INTENTION: Unclear intent will not lead to change
INSIGHT: What beliefs do we hold that block
change? How do we shift them?
SELF-COMPASSION: Change is slow and hard; when
we get impatient with ourselves, or demoralized on
the process, we can give up.
SELF-RESPONSIBILITY: Tied closely to insight, holding
yourself accountable to your goals helps you face
both internal and external obstacles.
Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time
Wheel of Change
GOALS: Once you have clear intentions, turn them into
goals.
COMMITMENTS: Only make commitments you can
keep; so keep them small and manageable to facilitate
success, as success sustains motivation and builds
confidence.
PRACTICES: Change requires the conscious repetition
of new behaviors…until they too become habit.
FEEDBACK: Provide yourself regular feedback and track
progress
SUPPORT: Don’t do it alone – mobilizing support
networks, utilizing training and coaches helps shape
new habits
Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time
Wheel of Change
ACTIVITIES: What activities support or inhibit your
goals?
SCHEDULE: Are you in control of your calendar?
Or does it control you? Set the pace.
RELATIONSHIPS: Invest more (or less) in the
relationships that support the changes you seek to
make.
PROCESSES: What processes are in place in your
life that may undermine the changes you seek?
Make new ones.
TOOLS: Do you have the resources you need to
make the changes you wish?
Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time
Personal Change Plan
Change starts close
to home…
Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time
Table Discussion
Which “system” will be hardest for you, personally,
to address?
How would you translate this process into your own
organization to effect change?
Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time
REFLECTION AND CONCLUSION