Planning for Change: A Strategic Approach

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Duration: 1 week
Price:£2100
Course ref: 10PLANCHNG

Overview:

Developing the capacity of organisations to absorb and respond to new challenges is crucial in today’s fluctuating political, social and economic climate. Indeed, it is the major challenge facing policy makers, leaders and senior managers, change agents and strategists in government when attempting to identify and effect significant change in support of their reform agendas.

This workshop will focus on two core elements essential for the development of a sound strategic framework in leading successful change:

  • Change Leadership – the strategic analyses, processes and behaviours required to successfully lead an organisation, its staff and the wider society (government, agencies, communities and citizens) towards engagement, especially in support of national reform initiatives.
  • Strategic planning – the analysis and use of strategic approaches to effectively plan for successful change, exploring the relative applicability or adaptability of these approaches to your own context, engaging key stakeholders from the outset.

In considering these two core areas, the course is designed to help leaders of change, organisational strategists, change agents and members of change teams to understand how to build realistic strategies as well as how to avoid the common mistakes that have been made by others.

During the workshop, participants will be introduced to new concepts and engage in exercises to understand key change models, theories and their practical implementation. Where participants are directly involved in change situations in their organisation, these will be identified and examined to provide concrete support in development planning as a key transferable learning activity.
 



Learning objective
You will be able to:
  • Define your change management strategy using a set of proven techniques which allow you to create the future vision, establish a realistic view of the present and provide a methodical way to minimise risk as you develop a holistic strategy and move towards a new way of working
  • Prepare your change management team and senior supporters for the challenges ahead
  • Recognise and use a range of appropriate leadership styles to address the changing needs of the organisation and the individuals who will be asked to adopt change proposals

Course content
  • Identification of what should be changed, why things need to change and how to plan for change
  • Essential skills for the effective leadership of change initiatives
  • Influencing strategies to sell the need for change and create a cadre of change supporters
  • Methods to engage senior sponsors (internal and external) in the change process
  • Developing a sound change strategy using strategic planning tools
  • Setting strategic goals and standards
  • Managing barriers and risks to change
  • Planning for the desired future culture
  • Target setting, monitoring and evaluation methods

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