Managing Change

The course will benefit:
Line managers, including team leaders and supervisors, who need to plan and implement change. Those who need to manage and coach others through change programmes.

Purpose:
Change needs to be implemented and managed with as much attention to detail and techniques as is afforded to business tasks. This course helps line managers at all levels to manage change successfully so that they, their staff and their organisation can produce the required shifts in emphasis whilst continuing to achieve the business objectives in a very competitive business world with the minimum impact on personal feelings and security.

Course Participants will acquire new knowledge and skills regarding:
	How change is the normal way of life in today's climate
	A model of change that reflects reality and can be used to manage change
	Typical barriers to change and how to overcome them
	Communications in change situations
	How to influence people to change
	A choice of tools that can be used in managing change

Modules:
	The theoretical basis of this subject – and current academic thinking
	The DREC Model and other models of change for organisation , team and individual changes
	Management styles appropriate to Change Management
	Common barriers and mistakes
	The importance of communication in change situations
	Stress in change
	Management tools used in managing change
	Case studies
	Action planning: The lessons of the course and how they may be applied practically. How can delegates adapt, and what will they do differently? What delegates will stop, continue and start to do.

Duration:
2 Days