Leading others through change is a key leadership competency and has become an even more crucial skillset as the rate of change continues to accelerate in today’s business landscape. When leaders have this important capability, organizations and teams are able to accelerate change initiatives and involve the entire organization in driving and sustaining important transformations that will ensure the organization’s long-term success.
CMOE’s Leading Change workshop is a one-of-a-kind learning experience because it focuses on the specific skills leaders need to:
- Develop their own resiliency, capacity, and composure when change occurs.
- Manage the people side of change—including creating stability, communicating with clarity, sharing a compelling vision, setting expectations, and engaging others in the transformation process.
The learning experience does not focus on the mechanics of change management. Instead, it addresses the often-missing piece of change: the mindset and behaviors leaders need to lead themselves and others effectively and efficiently through a period of transition.
The practical and systematic methods and tools explored in the workshop enable leaders to successfully navigate resistance and close the gap between where they are now and where they want or need to be so the transition can become a competitive advantage for them, their team, and the organization. In addition to learning about how to lead people through organizational change, the workshop also introduces concepts about how a leader can drive and orchestrate productive and necessary change within their own team and areas of responsibility.
Objectives and Outcomes
The program is an ideal solution for leaders at all levels of an organization who need the skills to lead change within the organization, a work group, or team. In the workshop, participants will:
- Build their awareness about internal and external forces of change.
- Learn about their role in and a process for helping people who are change-averse, change-tolerant, and change-seekers through periods of transition.
- Explore common responses to change and how to manage the stages of change while modeling resiliency for others.
- Discover how to create an environment where people are drivers of productive change and receptive and resilient when change occurs.
- Identify important changes that need to be made and focus change efforts on the things that will positively shape the organization’s future.
- Explore strategies for successfully communicating changes, managing ambiguity, collaborating with others on solutions to challenges, and coaching people through the implementation and sustainability process.
Our Approach
The Leading Change program is built around an application-focused approach that provides leaders with opportunities to apply the core skills and tools to real initiatives and begin exploring strategies to sustain momentum with current changes while building a climate that is positioned for future change.
In addition to a robust application process, this dynamic and engaging learning experience includes the following elements:
- An engaging simulation
- Self-assessment
- Case studies and examples
- A practical framework and core concepts
- Facilitator and peer feedback
- Self-reflection and discovery
- Guides and tools
Throughout the workshop, participants draw on the experience of others as they learn best practices and work on personalized action plans.
The workshop can also be used in conjunction with CMOE’s Leading Innovation workshop for a more comprehensive learning experience. These two topics pair together naturally because leaders often lead change initiatives that are associated with innovations in products, services, processes, and strategies.
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Delivery Options
When delivered as a standalone event, the Leading Change workshop is typically delivered in a one-day format. As an alternative, the workshop can be combined with CMOE’s Leading Innovation workshop for. This combined learning event can be delivered as a one-day workshop, or it can be delivered over multiple days.
The Leading Change workshop can be taught by one of CMOE’s talented facilitators and held at a location of your choice, or we can provide Train-the-Trainer services for clients who prefer to deliver the program using their organization’s internal facilitators or training professionals. The Leading Change program can also be built into an organization’s leadership-development curriculum or process.
Instructor-led training (delivered onsite by a CMOE subject matter expert/facilitator)
Digital learning program (self-paced or live)
Blended and layered solution (combining instructor-led training and digital learning)
Train the trainer services (certifying internal trainers in CMOE’s world-class programs)
Curriculum integration (deliver the topic in conjunction with another topic or event or build it into a development curriculum)
4-16 hours (8 hours preferred) for instructor-led variable for digital learning
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