Organisations implementing change frequently underestimate the extent, timescale and complexity of the leadership and management involvement required to overcome people’s resistance to change initiatives.

 

Every hierarchy should know that subordinates possible resistance is more deadly than the superiors active power. (Michael Grinder)

Research confirms that the number one reason for change initiatives to fail is the inability of people to adjust their behavior, skills and commitment to the new requirements. Uncertain, anxious, overwhelmed, untrained and confused, people, who feel out of control and don’t know what to expect, do not perform well.

 

Benefits for your organisation

Change management integrates the necessary behavior, skills, commitment and alignment by defining and instilling new ways of overcoming resistance to change, by building consensus among stakeholders and employees. Change has to be planned meticulously from a position where the strategy, priorities and outcomes are all understood and change is then implemented, managed and followed up by people who know what they are doing, not least because the implications of getting it wrong can be disastrous.

It is best used on initiatives where the risk of failure is high and where people’s way of working needs to change. It fully integrates with other disciplines such as Six Sigma and project planning such as Prince 2, in planning, testing and implementing all aspects of the change.

Case Study

A series of changes were made  generating benefits of >£10m, for an outlay of c. £1m. Benefits were measured using data already compiled for the monthly management information pack, with some modifications.  Data was entered into a benefits tracking spreadsheet which converted the data into financial values.  This project met and exceeded its objectives.

Who is the course for?

It is designed for people who have complete or partial responsibility for implementing a significant change in their organisation. It is a practical course that uses the participants change projects as a vehicle for learning and deployed through a results based ‘learn by doing’ approach.

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Create solid and sustainable implementation plans
• Create consistent communication messages
• Develop internal change leadership skills
• learn essential tools and techniques for improving performance
• Produce an effective tracking and accountability mechanism

 

Daily rate £600.00