Change Management

There is a high chance of failure and exclusion for companies if they do not adapt to the changing environment or explore new directions. Changes caused by any external or internal factors and the handling of new situations are a central part of all managers’ jobs. Most change management theories and approaches stay at top management level only. That is, they provide methods and solutions for those who set in motion the changes in a company.

Based on our experience, it is usually middle and operative management, and not top management, who face problems arising from the changes that they simply have to accept and implement, instead of smoothly introducing the changes in conjunction with their teams. This course provides solutions and effective techniques for middle and operative managers to deal with the change process successfully. It allows them to gain deeper insight into the unaffected course of the process and how it can be lead more effectively. They also explore the natural human reactions to changes and how to address them in a supportive and practical way.

The two-day-long programme provides you with up-to-date approaches and practical tools for answering the following questions: How can you keep up with the accelerated information flow of corporate change? What sort of leadership tricks and motivational tools would you utilize to cope with your colleagues‘ resistance towards change?

What can you do to avoid the failures of reengineering efforts and have your work crowned with success?

Course objectives

• Understand and accept the necessity of change
• Apply up-to-date change management techniques
• Assess and efficiently handle colleagues’ resistance
• Plan a whole change process at the company
• Apply their own leading role in the complex mechanism of change

Topics

• The definitions of change and the Change-formula
• The basic concepts of change management (according to change management gurus)
• The human side of change and success
• Analysis techniques regarding change management
• The reason for resistance towards change and alternatives to overcome it
• The mechanism of individual change process
• The expectations towards leaders in the course of change
• The essential steps of making change acceptable