Training Program
Leading Change
Develop the understanding critical for successfully leading your organization through change.
The question is not if you'll change.
The question is if you'll lead the change or be led by it.
Introduction
All top leaders know what they want to change in their organization, but most do not know how to make those changes. This program is designed to close that gap.
Based on the Pulscipline™ Change Management System, which has achieved a 100% success rate over 30 years, this program combines structured methodology with real-world experience to address complex organizational change challenges.
It develops the understanding required to set up robust change initiatives and overcome the Inhibitors of Change throughout the transformation process.
This program is for management teams who want to lead organizational change with clarity, discipline, and confidence.
Program Description
Purpose
To provide the in-depth understanding critical for setting up a robust organizational change initiative and leading cultural transformations that stick.
Who For
This program is for top leaders:
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CEOs and executive teams launching strategic change initiatives
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Senior leaders sponsoring cultural transformation
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Management teams responsible for implementing the change
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Leaders who want to increase the probability of success of their change initiative before change begins
Results Expected
This program will provide you with the understanding and methods to:
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Set up change initiatives with greater clarity and strategic alignment
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Reduce derailment factors before execution begins
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Better handle the Inhibitors of Change throughout the initiative
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Align leadership roles and strengthen top-team buy-in
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Develop a common language and structured methodology
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Guide transformation with discipline and confidence
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Increase the probability that your change effort will succeed
Participants leave with stronger executive judgment, a clearer understanding of how successful change is structured, and the confidence to lead transformation effectively.
Duration
2 days
INDICATIVE CONTENTS
Learning from Success and Failures
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Review cases to learn from the successes and failures of others
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Common traps and blind spots that derail cultural-change initiatives
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Review best practices for directing organizations through change
The Realities of Cultural Change
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The difference between cultural change and project management
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How the culture can either support or inhibit a change initiative
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How habits can resist change and how to change people's habits
Overcoming Resistance
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Review the 6 types of inhibitors of change
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Learn a method for breaking through the initial wall of resistance
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How to overcome resistance from both leaders and employees
Building a Powerful Measurement System
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Identify key elements to measure in a change effort
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How to create a measurement tool that gains buy-in
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How to use survey data in training and coaching sessions
Creating a Robust Change Strategy
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Review elements often missing in cultural-change strategies
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Review the steps of a change initiative
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Develop strategies to identify and eliminate the Inhibitors of Change
Supporting Systems for Change
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Identify critical systems for supporting cultural change
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Identify needed leadership skills and how to develop them
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Identify the different forms of support team leaders need
Define Leadership's Role in the Change
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Review the role of the leadership team in directing the change
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Understand the different roles of the mid-level and first-level leaders
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Review methods to obtain buy-in and spread engagement
Managing the Energy of Change
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Learn how to create and maintain a positive environment for change
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Learn how to handle people's emotions through the change process
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Learn how to build momentum throughout the transformation process
How We Use This Program in Organizational Change Initiatives
We use the Leading Change program to develop the understanding that the management team needs to successfully implement organizational change. It is used in two ways.
First, it is integrated into the 2-Day Change Strategy Workshop to provide the leadership team with the understanding needed to design a robust change initiative, eliminate derailment factors, and align leadership from the start.
Second, selected modules are delivered at key moments throughout the transformation to support decision making, address emerging Inhibitors of Change, and maintain leadership discipline as complexity increases.
This program is part of our Pulscipline™ Change-Management System.