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Taking Charge of Change

Gain the skills to lead your team through challenging change


Benefits to you and your organisation

  • Understand how to maintain team and organisational performance through change
  • Develop your ability to analyse challenges, create options, assess risks and identify solutions
  • Instigate change successfully, even if you lack formal authority over the people/area undergoing change

Core modules

  • Planning change processes: discover frameworks, stakeholders, culture and models to plan and manage change in an organisation
  • Responses to change: understanding what happens to teams and individuals during change, the 5 Cs of change, choosing your response
  • Change communicator: design change communications that work – 'push' and 'pull' messages and drivers
  • The change leader: choose a style or approach to change – facilitative or directive – that is fit for the challenge
  • Change strategy tools: assess competencies, risk and contingency, 'emergent' versus 'directed' strategy
  • Problem-solving tools: facilitate creativity, develop innovative solutions, challenge mindsets in change
  • Scoping and mapping change: discover how to identify change levers and change stabilizers in your process.

Who should attend?

Managers called upon to instigate change; change managers/agents, HR professionals who want to complement their existing skillset.

Learning approaches

The programme will involve projects and a case study for you to analyse and make recommendations. We'll cover useful theories and models and show you how to use them in practice.

 

Dates11 - 12 November 2009
Duration2 days
Cost£500+VAT
Includes full documentation, lunch and refreshments.
VenueLondon
DocumentationWorkbook containing all the topics covered during the programme.
Booking InfoThe course running on 12-13 November 2008 is no longer available.
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Workshop

In the midst of managing complicated changes it was more than a good refresher course on change management; it helped me identify key priorities and allowed me to evaluate a range of tools to deliver change processes and troubleshoot effectively. Overall, it was very relevant, enjoyable and well structured – I would definitely recommend this programme.

Paul Valentin, International Director, Christian Aid


Thank you very much for the 2 days. The models and frameworks have given me renewed clarity in my approach to managing change, and will make a significant impact in my own and my team's performance.Thank you for an incredibly useful and enjoyable programme.

Renae Mann, Interagency Partnership Coordinator, Refugee Council


The course contained a good mix of theory and practical change management tools and exercises, allowing me to identify risks early-on in the change process - and devise practical solutions. I feel more confident about my ability to successfully guide my team through a period of change, whilst involving them in the process and maintaining their motivation and performance.

Stephen Clarke, Development & Alumni Manager, Goldsmiths College


Taking Charge of Change gave me an excellent framework for understanding complex change. In addition to learning a raft of tools and approaches for managing change processes, the content was very relevant and I was able to apply this to developments in our organisation.

Andrea McSparron, International Fundraising Manager, Actionaid

This was an incredibly useful and enjoyable programme. It’s given me a range of tools for implementing and managing change that I will certainly apply to my organisation – and with enthusiasm too!

Alke Horn, Director of Resources, Community Foundation


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