Master Class Change Management

Before embarking on any change initiative, it is essential to understand what the change actually involves. What does your organization look like today, and what needs to evolve? Who will be affected by the change? Which political dynamics are likely to shape the process? And how can you ensure that your ambitions remain realistic in light of the challenges and pitfalls that may emerge along the way? In this module, you will develop a well-founded change strategy and learn how to prepare and guide change effectively.

• What are we going to change?
• Which stakeholders do we need to involve?
• Gradual or radical change?
• Systematic or flexible approach?
• What pitfalls should we avoid?
• What is the role of the change manager?

After completing this module, you will:

• understand how to design an effective change strategy;
• recognize how political dynamics can influence change initiatives;
• be able to analyze key stakeholders and their impact on the change process;
• identify the most important challenges and pitfalls in managing change;
• know how to establish realistic expectations with sponsors, leaders, and other stakeholders.

A strong change strategy is only the starting point. In this module, you will learn how to mobilize people, overcome resistance, and embed change in a sustainable way. With a strong focus on leadership, influence, and building organizational change capability, you will develop the skills needed to turn change ambitions into lasting results.

• How to mobilize people?
• How to use storytelling?
• Lead from the front or the back?
• When to intervene?
• How to overcome hurdles?
• How to secure lasting change?
• How to build long-term change ability?

After completing this module:

• you can deliver a compelling change narrative;
• you know how to mobilize employees and other stakeholders;
• you have a wide range of change interventions at your disposal;
• you understand how to embed changes within the organization;
• you understand how to manage a change project and how to lead people through the process.

At the end of this course, you will:

• have acquired the conceptual knowledge of a change manager;
• be able to diagnose your organization and set the right goals for change;
• be able to devise a change strategy;
• know which change interventions will work under which circumstances;
• be able to activate your stakeholders;
• understand how to create and maintain a change momentum;
• know how to play a leading part in the change process.