Change Management: Managing Business, Organisational and Leadership Challenges

Leadership is a critical determinant of organizational effectiveness.

Introduction

Leadership is a critical determinant of organizational effectiveness. Leaders/managers are the main drivers of performance and change.

Programme objectives

  • When an organizational change initiative is decided on and announced, the responsibility to implement it is generally placed on managers.
  • Many change initiatives being introduced into the workforce fail and have little impact on performance, operational efficiencies and result because people resist change.
  • Help participants understand the relationship between business goals, strategy
  • Help participants understand what change management is and why it is important in an organization.
  • Help participants understand themselves and their leadership styles.
  • Equip delegates with contemporary people management skills and reinforce their capacity to mobilize direct reports for superior performance and manage change.
  • Enable participants to proactively bridge the gap between business strategy and execution and empower them to manage a high performance culture and the diversity in the workplace.

What we cover

  1. Understanding Organizational Culture and Performance
  2. Understanding Business Goals and Strategy
  3. What is Organizational Change Management? Why it is important? Preparation, Implementation, Follow Through.
  4. Understand why most Organizations do not have a track record of managing change effectively.
  5. Identify the main external and internal triggers of organizational change
  6. Understand the nature of resistance to change and approaches to overcoming it(Causes and management solutions)
  7. A Manager’s role in Organization change.
  8. Preparing for Organization Change-Managing and Leading Through
  9. Change and Uncertainty.
  10. Developing the skills you need to manage Organization change-Outline the skill and quality requirements for an effective change agent/manager
  11. Leadership Challenges and Conflict Resolution
  12. Developing and managing High Performance Teams- What makes an Effective Team