Change Ready: Guiding Teams Through This Change and the Next
Cody Wright
Apple University | 20+ yrs Leadership
Every reaction to change is useful once you know what to do with it.
Everyone has different reactions to change. Conventional wisdom says to reward the early adopters and treat resistance as a liability. The best leaders of change don't simply drive everyone to acceptance. They identify and empathize with common responses to change, maximizing the benefits of each while minimizing the drawbacks.
Change Ready gives you a way to read what each person is doing, understand what's driving it, and decide what support will actually help. You'll be ready for change now and later, big or small, whether it's yours or you inherited it.
How It Works
☑️ Real situations. Bring a change you're leading right now and work on it the whole way through.
☑️ Everyone participates. Small group discussion and hands-on activities on a shared board, start to finish.
☑️ Practical application. You leave with a plan for the actual people on your team, not a generic playbook.
What you’ll learn
Rethink your role in change and learn practical tools to read reactions, uncover what's driving them, and get everyone contributing.
Move away from driving everyone toward acceptance as the goal
Recognize what different reactions are actually telling you
Understand your own default reaction and how it shapes what you notice
Identify the benefit each response brings, including the ones that slow you down
See the drawbacks that come with enthusiasm as well as with resistance
Check your own bias about which reactions are the "good" ones
Diagnose what's actually driving resistance, not just what was said out loud
Tell the difference between disagreement about details and conflict over values
Know where to start when you can't tell what the real problem is
Match your response to what's genuinely in the way for that person
Provide what someone needs to move instead of pushing harder
Know when to slow someone down rather than clear their path
Assess each person involved in the change you're leading right now
Decide what specific support each of them needs from you
Get feedback on your plan from other managers working through the same thing
Learn directly from Cody
Cody Wright
Former Apple University | Leadership, L&D, and CX leader | 20+ years experience
Who this course is for
In The Middle of a Change
You're guiding your team through something specific right now. You want something you can use in the coming weeks.
Facing Change After Change
Your organization keeps shifting and your team is fatigued. You want people engaged, not waiting it out.
Leading Change at Scale
You're responsible for a change that reaches well beyond the team you talk to every day.
Prerequisites
Managing Change
While open and useful to everyone, the course is targeted toward managers guiding teams through change.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Cody Wright in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Hands-on application
Every session is small group discussion and shared-board activity, applied to a change you're leading right now.
Cohort support
Learn alongside a small cohort of peers facing similar change challenges.
Behavior change, not just knowledge
Designed to create lasting changes in how you manage change, not just new ideas to think about.
Your board, afterward
You get the completed Miro board after each session, including everything you and your cohort captured. Frameworks, your notes, and your plan, all in one place.
Maven Guarantee
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Schedule
Live sessions
1 hr / week
Three one-hour sessions, one per week. Each one is discussion and hands-on activity on a shared board, applied to a change you're leading right now. The first session looks at how people respond to change, the second at what's driving those responses, and the third at what to do about it.
Tue, Nov 3
2:00 PM—3:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Nov 10
2:00 PM—3:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Nov 17
2:00 PM—3:00 PM (UTC)
Applied work
1-2 hrs / week
Each week gives you a hands-on way to put the tool to work with your real team. It's practical, not busywork, and there's no hard deadline.
Async content
1 hr / week
Optional and lightweight. Deeper reading if a concept grabs you. Cohorts often form small groups for accountability and feedback between sessions.
Frequently asked questions
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