Leading and managing change

Course summary

Change is the only constant at work and without it we can’t go forward. But most of us resist change to a greater or lesser extent. How can we, as managers, empower ourselves to embrace change and enthuse our teams to do the same? Understanding how change works is key to our success and this practical course will give you tools for understanding underlying models of change as well as how to work with others to ensure good results. We will look at different kinds of change and how to lead in different circumstances and the course will give you plenty of practical tools, checklists and ideas to take back to the workplace and put into practice straight away.

Course outline

This one day course will cover:

o Kotter's fundamental model of change
o different kinds of change and different ways to lead
o planning change: frameworks to help your thinking
o 7 key roles within the change process
o how people respond to change and how to handle these responses
o dealing with resistance in your team and in stakeholders
o Kurt Lewin's three phases of change: managing in the tricky transition period
o tools for communicating change
o measuring and communicating the results
o a year of free support

This change management course takes place at the Centre's Central London training suite with easy access to mainline rail, tube and bus links. We can also run this managing change course in-company at your organisation for a group of your staff. Call Sally Pearman on 020 7490 3030 for more details on in-company training.

Who is this course for?

This change management course is for anyone who wants to bring about change in their team, workplace or organisation. Whether you are formally a manager or just someone who wants to move things forward in the workplace, this course will give you invaluable tools, models and techniques to use straight away.

The Centre works with people from all sectors including the public sector, voluntary sector, private sector and corporate sector.

What will this course help me do: learning outcomes?

The course will give you a greater understanding of the change process and the different phases of change. You will be able to prepare for change in a structured way and develop methods of predicting and countering resistance. You will learn ways of influencing others in the change process as well as how to manage your team through change in ways that gain buy-in and empower others.

Other courses to consider

You may also be interested in our Supervision skills: managing people and teams, Managing a restructure and Influencing skills courses.

Course dates

This course is run on request. This means that we will keep your details on file and once we have at least three people interested in the course we will contact you to let you know and to schedule a date. Please contact us to log your interest in this course.

Alternatively we can also run this as an in-company course. Find out more about in-company training.