Managing the Future Training Course
Introducing
and Managing Change Training Course
Duration: 3 Days
In business change is mandatory and inevitable. Change may be proactive or reactive, and the process of change means different things to different people depending on where you are placed in the organisation structure. One thing's for sure to be effective the process of change must be planned and managed systematically
Course Aim
This course will provide the skills, strategies and knowledge to enable you to make change an attractive proposition and fast forward your change initiatives and get them moving in a new and positive direction
Learning Objectives
You will learn the techniques to make change irresistible………… including
- Linear and incremental approaches to planning change
- Consultancy techniques for increasing everyone’s ownership of and commitment to change.
- How to maximise ownership and commitment to change initiatives
- Empowering people rather than manipulate or coercing them using a range of change management styles and skills
- To focus on strategic rather than tactical change: moving away from the ‘quick fix’ to effective long term solutions
- Identify and work with the implications of organisational culture on change initiatives
- Recognise the need for people to be different rather than just doing things differently. Clarify and manage expectations, and agree contracts
Method and Approach
Pre-workshop
Participants will be provided with 2 questionnaires to help them to analyse their individual reactions to change and their current competency in preparing, planning, and implementing change
The Workshop
A highly interactive workshop which utilises recent case studies and practical activities designed to simulate real change management scenarios. Self assessment facilitated learning, coaching and personal feedback all form part of this programme.
Post Workshop (If required)
With individual coaching and support participants will transfer their learning and skills to the workplace. A choice of assignments will be issued to the participants to enable reflection on personal learning derived from the content and process of the programme
Training Course Content
Training Course content includes:
Day One
The Change Challenge
- Defining, Planning and Delivering a Change Strategy
- The process for success defining your direction and goal clarity
- Establishing a sense of urgency
- Evaluating Organisational Readiness for Change
- Data Use and Information Management
- The Culture Challenge
- Strategic Development and Change Methods
- What does the future look like?
- Looking for short term gains
- Feel the benefits - create addiction and enthusiasm
- Aligning the organization’s culture with its strategy for success
- Understand the impact that management style has on strategic implementation,
- Control the factors which influence employees’ beliefs about what ‘success’ is, and create positive pathways
- Understand the use of power and influence in the organisation, and who possesses it
- Act on all of the above factors instead of considering them to be absolute
Day Two
The Leadership Challenge
- People Centred Change Methods
- Creating and communicating an energizing Vision for the organisation
- Sell value, benefits and feasibility
- Define success - identify the critical success factors underpinning the strategy, and the performance indicators that will be used to track progress
- Providing direction, involvement and commitment through clear steps and signposts that indicate how success is going to be achieved
- Communicating the critical success strategies which deliver the strategy
- What do these strategies mean for what people do?
- Ensure that the targets set for departments and individuals, address the factors critical to success and not other agendas set by habit and cultural barriers
- Identify the gaps between current capability and future critical success factors and act on the implications to enable people to be deployed according to their capacity
Day Three
The Delivery Challenge
- Apply the principles of project management to people issues and policies, ensure accountabilities, achievable targets, timelines and monitoring of delivery
- Ensure accountability from those involved in the process
- Listen actively to those tasked with implementation, and ensure that their concerns and requirements are understood and addressed
- Establish a no blame culture - learn from each other, value contribution from subordinates, view mistakes as learning opportunities
