Introduction
What was once a stable and predictable environment is today a global arena with new competitors, changing technology and shifting markets and fluctuating monetary conditions - all in a corporate atmosphere of mergers, downsizing, restructuring and uncertainty. Management’s challenge is to develop the processes effectively to implement its vision and strategy. It is no longer enough to build good plans but to be able to effectively lead in the execution of these plans all in an atmosphere of change.

Participants will be thrown into an environment with a need for change. Through the use of a computer-based simulation, participants will be put into typical change situations and required to make decisions based on these changes. This ensures that they will be putting into practice what they have learnt in a risk-free yet competitive environment. They will also be receiving best practice feedback which is provided after they have gone through the experience of managing the change. This approach enhances skill proficiency in a learning environment.

Objectives
By the end of this program, trainers/potential trainers will be able to:
Identify the individual’s change responsiveness.
Introduce a change management process using exercises and discussions on situations.
Present an initial change plan to key stakeholders
Develop actions plans for improvement.

Who should attend?
Anyone who is required to deal with the changes within the organization

Key Topics
Evaluating your change responsiveness
- Self-assessment tool to assess “How change responsive am I?”
Change triggers
- Identifying the change triggers in our own areas of responsibility.
Planning and Implementing change initiatives
- Focus on typical organizational change problems and how to avoid them.
Enrolling others in change
Situational clinic, using common situations in the company, to get the groups to identify typical responses to change and the roles different people play in the change process. Focus on stakeholder analysis
Making Change Last
- Focus on the continuous cycle of change, discussion of integrating the results of change and change responsiveness into the culture
Initial Change Presentation
- Presentation template provided and teams to prepare an initial change initiative to their stakeholders.
Change management simulation
- Interactive case study where participants are required to grapple with change within the organisation. Using an experiential approach participant will be able to apply what they learn in a learning risk-free environment.
Action Planning
- Developing personal action plans to bring learning back to the workplace.