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Course Title:   Change Management

Program Overview

There are few guarantees in the workplace today, but change is one of them. Organisations today are in a state of constant change as they adapt to new global realities.

The ability to change, quickly and effectively, with committed and capable people, is the new strategic advantage.  Change management is a structured approach to shifting/transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. Very few, if any, companies are immune from change these days. Sometimes the change is organic and people hardly notice it happening. More often, however, change is initiated because businesses have to respond to external pressures and constraints as well as internal ones. Most companies are either preparing for change, in the middle of managing change or just simply having a hard time recovering from some previous change. Wherever you are with managing change, helping your people is essential.

Organizational Change Management should begin with a systematic diagnosis of the current situation in order to determine both the need for change and the capability to change. The objectives, content, and process of change should all be specified as part of a Change Management plan. Effective change management skills include leadership development (to get people to believe in you), marketing and sales abilities (to promote your case for change), and communication skills (to help build support for the decision to change) and a good understanding of the psychological and emotional effects of change.
Change Management Training Objectives                                    

    * Understanding the Different Types of Change                          
    * Handling Cynicism, Fear and Resistance
    * Why 80% of Change Management Programmes Fail
    * Questioning the Way You Perceive and Handle Things
    * Enabling Others to Cope and Move on
    * Making a Personal Shift in the Way You See Things
    * Making Positive Changes to Your Business
    * Managing your organisation through difficult changes
    * See change not as something to be feared and resisted but as an essential element of the world to be accepted.

Who Should Attend?

    * Change Managers;
    * Project Managers, Program Managers and project teams;
    * IT Specialists;
    * Process improvement specialists
    * Communications Professionals;
    * Human Resources/L&D/OD Professionals 

What Makes This Course Unique?

·         This is a practical experiential learning course. Throughout the 3 days, you will work in groups on a real life, up to date, South African case study of your choice.

·         During the course, you will also learn how to design your own transformation process. A process that is exciting, positive, inspiring, and empowering to everyone in your organisation. A process that will work!

·         Working in groups provides you with a wonderful opportunity to befriend and network with other people who are involved in change management.

Areas to be Covered

Change Overview
Change Quadrant - Impact on Self Patterns and Uncertainty Change - A Reality Check Change Transition Curve Victim Spiral Resistance to Change Active vs Passive Choosing Ch-Ch-Changes House of Change Change - Telling it like it is Survival Tactics Can-Do Change – Putting It Back Into the Real World Personal Change Take Out Change Management Course Final Handouts

The role of a leader in managing change
The technical role of a change leader The inspirational role of a change leader

Innovation and Change Management

Implementation

At this program's conclusion, participants should be able to:

    * Describe ways of reacting to change, but that we must start from where we are.
    * See change not as something to be feared and resisted but as an essential element of the world to be accepted.
    * Understand that adapting to change is not technical but attitudinal. Change is not an intellectual issue but one that strikes at who you are.
    * Recognize that before we can embrace the way things will be, we must go through a process of grieving, and of letting go of the way things used to be.
    * See change as an opportunity for self-motivation and innovation.
    * Identify strategies for helping change be accepted and implemented in the workplace.

Course Title 2 Change Management Classification Business -> Change Management Course Requirements Price R6000.00 Notes

Course Information Location Gauteng - Woodmead Course Type Customised Start Dates 16 March 2011 to 18 March 2011 Length of Course 3 Days Final Registration Date 11 March 2011

Contact Details Name Shaline-Peakford Management Consultants Phone Email achievepeakford.co.za