Description

Change is a constant in many of our lives. All around us, technologies, processes, people, ideas, and methods often change, affecting the way we perform daily tasks and live our lives. Having a smooth transition when a change occurs is important in any situation and your participants will gain some valuable skills through this workshop. The Change Management workshop will give any leader tools to implement changes more smoothly and to have those changes better accepted. This workshop will also give all participants an understanding of how change is implemented and some tools for managing their reactions to change.

Designed for

Managers, Supervisors and Team Leaders.
Those in transformation and Migration projects or roles.
Those wanting to understand how to manage change in all aspects of business or personal life.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:

List the steps necessary for preparing a change strategy and building support for the change.
Describe the WIFM – the individual motivators for change.
Use needed components to develop a change management and communications plans, and to list implementation strategies.
Employ strategies for gathering data, addressing concerns and issues, evaluating options and adapting a change direction.
Utilize methods for leading change project status meetings, celebrating a successful change implementation, and sharing the results and benefits.
Describe the four states of Appreciative Inquiry, its purposes, and sample uses in case studies.
Use strategies for aligning people with a change, appealing to emotions and facts.
Describe the importance of resilience and flexibility in the context of change.

Getting Started

Just to make sure the experience is as smooth as possible we’d like to suggest a couple of things you may or will need to get on with the course:

While we are happy for anyone to enroll in the course, we suggest that you should be at least managing/leading a team (big or small) or preparing for a role that requires your leadership skills
Internet connection is a big must
Readiness to learn, remember this is about you and so you need to be ready to take time to yourself and motivate yourself
Maybe something to write some notes down or ideas, but don’t worry the course documents can be downloaded at the end of the course for you to review and use at any time

Have fun!

The Journey

Preparing for Change

What’s in it for me: This session gets you ready to understand the concept of change, defining your strategy and building the team.

Videos: 6 Self Assessment: 3 Checklist: 1 Exercise: 1

Identifying the WIFM

What’s in it for me: Change is about enrolling others – define the motive for others “What’s in it for Me?” and how to build Support.

Videos: 1 Self Assessment: 0 Checklist: 0 Exercise: 1

Understanding Change

What’s in it for me: Get to understand the underlying aspects of Influences on Change. Learn about the common reactions to change and identify tools to help the change process.

Videos: 6 Self Assessment: 4 Check list: 1 Exercise: 1

Leading and Managing the Change

What’s in it for me: Managing change requires a great deal of preparation and planning. Learn about delegating and keeping the Lines of communication open.