Secret of Leading Change Course

Secret of Leading Change Management Certification workshop will give any leader tools to implement changes more smoothly and to have those changes better accepted. Change is 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.  This workshop will also give all participants an understanding of how change is implemented and some tools for managing their reactions to change.

Secret of Leading Change Management Certification is important in today’s professional world as organizational change is more the norm rather than the exception. More than ever, work roles and organizations are in a state of flux with changes in structure, re-deployment, return to work, redundancy and personal crisis. Hence it is important to understand the change management process and learn some important change management tools.

Change takes place on three different levels:

The Individual, the Team and the Organization

Organizational change management has to happen at all three levels as they are interrelated.

This Secret of Leading Change Management Certification Program is geared toward teaching the change management process as well as some change management tools and principles that can support managers, consultants and other change facilitators to fulfill their mission: to initiate and sustain change processes.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• Understand the fundamentals of managing change by identifying the levels of change, the misconceptions about change and the importance and benefits of change, as well as recognize the behaviors and traits of a change leader, and the role of resilience during change.
• Identify the steps of a change process, analyze a change situation, choose an action while avoiding risks, create a sense of urgency, set goals, motivate employees, prevent failure, and monitor the progress of a change.
• Identify the obstacles to change including resistance and negative reactions to change, empower employees, and ease the tension caused by a change, as well as identify the causes of complacency and understand the effect of crisis during change.
• Begin managing change by encouraging creativity and commitment to change in employees, using effective communication and listening skills, and controlling the grapevine.
• Recognize the truths and misconceptions about change, differentiate between change and transition, identify the factors that affect the response to change, recognize the styles of response, and identify the strategies to manage the endings phase.
• Identify the emotions, responses, and needs experienced during the exploration phase, and the strategies to manage the exploration phase.
• Identify the information required during and the common responses to the new beginnings phase, as well as strategies to manage the new beginnings phase.

How You Will Benefit:

• Find different ways of looking at change
• Create a change implementation strategy
• Make change easier for yourself and others
• Develop techniques to cope with change, including resiliency and stress management
• Know how to maintain a sense of control during a change