A two-hour, experiential workshop that gives your people practical tools to stay clear, connected and adaptable while the ground is shifting under them.
The change was announced in one email. Since then, the hallway conversations have run longer than the meetings, and everyone is being professional about it.
Book a 30-minute discovery call See the session outlineThey resist it because uncertainty reads to the body as threat, and a nervous system under threat narrows what we can see, hear and decide. When people understand that response, they can steady it, in themselves and in each other, and every other skill becomes usable.
Most change management workshops focus on the plan. This one focuses on the people carrying it. It is resilience training for employees that starts where change actually lands: in the body, before it reaches the mind.
The session draws on established, evidence-informed frameworks, including William Bridges' model of transition, the window of tolerance, and the mental health continuum model many workplaces already use. Short teaching segments sit alongside brief practices, real workplace scenarios and small-group discussion. It is wellness education, not clinical treatment.
A restructure, a new system, a merger, a move, a new leader. The work still has to get done while nobody is quite sure what next quarter looks like.
You are asked to communicate decisions you did not make, with information that is still incomplete, to people you care about. You want to do it steadily and honestly.
Peer supporters, HR partners and informal go-to colleagues who notice strain first and want to know how to open the conversation, listen well and know when to refer.
Every practice takes under two minutes and works at a desk, in a vehicle or between meetings. No equipment, no special setting, no forced sharing.
10 min
A short grounding practice, the plan for the session, and why change lands in the body before it lands in the mind.
20 min
Resistance as a protective response to uncertainty and loss. Using Bridges' three phases of transition (endings, the in-between, new beginnings), people map where they and their team are, and what each phase needs.
20 min
The window of tolerance and how pressure narrows it. Two quick regulation skills and a reframe that rebuilds a sense of control when much of the change is outside it.
20 min
What people need to hear when information is incomplete, asking before assuming, and handling rumour, frustration and pushback without escalating. Practised in pairs on real scenarios.
20 min
Noticing early signs of strain in yourself and in peers, recovery habits that fit real schedules, and the peer conversation: opening it, listening without fixing, and knowing when to refer.
30 min
Turning the session into action. Each person builds a one-page personal change plan, names one opportunity inside the transition, chooses a practice to start tomorrow, and the group closes together.
A planning call to understand the change your people are going through, so the scenarios and examples in the room are theirs.
Two hours of live facilitation, in person at your site in Calgary (recommended) or live virtual on your platform with interactive breakouts. For shift-based or larger organizations, the workshop can run more than once.
Change doesn't ask people for a new kind of strength. It asks them to use the steadiness they already have, on purpose, in a new place. That is the whole design of this workshop: plain language, no jargon, and practices built for people who are used to holding it together.
Castle Wellness corporate workshops are designed and facilitated by Julien Lepage, who holds a Master of Social Work in Leadership and has been a Registered Social Worker (#9906) practising in mental wellness since 2008. He designs sessions that turn evidence-informed frameworks into skills people can use the same day.
Castle Wellness facilitation and workshops are a professional development service. They are not therapy, counselling, or a regulated health service, and Julien's registration as a social worker does not extend to this offering.Any organizational change that leaves people uncertain: restructures, new systems or policies, leadership changes, mergers, relocations, or a long stretch of "we will know more soon." The planning call shapes the scenarios to yours.
Change management usually works on the plan: timelines, stakeholders, communication schedules. This workshop works on the people living through the plan, with practical workplace resilience training they can use the same day. The two fit well together.
Yes. Live virtual sessions use your platform (for example, Microsoft Teams) with the same content and interactive breakouts, and work best with cameras on. In person is recommended because the practices and pair work land best in the room.
Tell us how many people you expect and we will shape the pair and small-group work to fit. For shift coverage or large teams, the workshop can run as several cohorts.
It sits well inside a corporate wellness program in Calgary or as a standalone session at a key moment in a change. Materials include a resource list aligned with the employee supports you already have.
Calgary and area in person, and anywhere by live virtual. Every engagement is quoted after a short discovery call, once we know your group, format and number of sessions.
No. This is a facilitated workplace workshop and an educational service. It is not counselling, psychotherapy or a regulated health service, no clinical or therapeutic relationship is formed, and it is not a substitute for professional mental health care.
A 30-minute discovery call is where we work out what your team is going through, which format fits, and what you want to be true afterward. No preparation needed.
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Castle Wellness facilitation and workshops are a professional development service. They are not therapy, counselling, or a regulated health service, and they are not a substitute for professional mental health care. Fees are subject to 5% GST and are not claimable as therapy through employee health benefits. Julien Lepage, MSW, RSW #9906.