Managing Change

Research indicates that organisations are undergoing major change approximately once every three years, whilst smaller changes are happening almost continually.  There are no signs that this pace of change will slow down.  A number of issues have been recognised as having a negative impact on successful change management.  Some of the key areas are organisational issues and individual/group opposition to change. Athrú Solutions Managing Change Course builds on a shared vision of change in leaders and management that can help transform your organisation, while sustaining company success.

Benefits

By addressing the innovation challenges that face senior managers, this programme prepares executives to manage system wide organisational change, as they simultaneously sustain industry success.

Overview

The programme is based over 2 days and consists of 6 modules of learning. This intensive course introduces you to what’s going on in the world, why is change necessary, gaining the buy in and taking charge. You will leave the programme equipped with the latest insights and skills to identify potential threats and to exploit those viable growth opportunities.

Aim

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Assess your previous change experiences.
• Articulate your existing business position
•  Identify success measures and outline a project plan.
• Involve key people.
• Create alliances organise teams and follow through to achieve results and performance.

Contents

Day 1

Waves of Change

• The power of change
• What going on in the world of change
• Why is change necessary
• What is your role
• The Change equation

Reactions to change

• Your business case for change
• Stakeholder reactions
• Gain the buy in
• Emotions and the brain
• Defensiveness
• Negative reactions
• Individual needs
• Recuperating performance

Endings

• Timeline technique
• Groups and individuals
• Letting go
• Holding on to what matters
• Emotional intelligence
• Sustainable change

Day 2

Thinking outside the box

• Break through thinking: change managing without the stress
• Your change project plan

Conversations to engage people

• The heart and the passion, what do you want to create
• Working through resistance
• Methods to achieve contact and responsibility taking

Mobilising the wider organisation

• Organisational politics
• Stakeholder analysis: who to involve
• Quick wins, measuring, communicating, rewarding and re-visiting

Action planning and feedback