Change and Complexity

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Contact Person Janet du Preez

Email Address janet@toolsofgreatness.co.za

Cellphone Number 076 626 6047

Website www.toolsofgreatness.co.za

Introduction

1. Change Management ................................................................................... page 1

2. Managing Change in Project Environments ......................................... page 2

3. The Change Game ......................................................................................... page 3

4. Contact Details ................................................................................................ page 4

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The rate of organisational change is constantly increasing and relentless change has become a fact of organisational life. Since change is everywhere in business today, change management skills are necessary for organisations to succeed and thrive. It has become essential that managers and change team leaders possess strong change management skills to successfully effect change. This two day programme provides an understanding of change management as well as the skills needed to apply change management principles in various scenarios - an imperative in the face of today's relentless pace of organisational change.

Outcomes Participants will:

• Explain why change management is an important process for organisations to achieve sustainable trading results

• Identify examples of planned change and reactive change in an organisation

• Describe a model for effective change management and its management

• Identify reasons for resistance to change and indicate ways to overcome them

• Identify the risks inherent in any change management programme and indicate ways to manage them

• Identify and apply the competencies of an effective change agent

Delivery Method In-house or Public Training

Facilitator

Lucille Greeff Lucille is facilitator and OD practitioner with a specific interest in reinventing management and organisations to be fit for human consumption. Lucille takes a systemic approach and believes in creating sustainable change in teams and organisations by not only addressing symptoms and patterns of behaviours, but by also addressing structural inconsistencies and challenging the mental models that sustain problems. As a facilitator she is known for her creativity, energy, conceptual ability and process-sensitivity.

Change Management

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This practical programme provides a good blend of theory and practice and with more than 20 proven tools and templates; it can supercharge a change practitioner’s delivery upon completion of the course. The course content is based on more than 12 years’ experience in change management consulting and the course was developed and is delivered by experienced change consultants with excellent facilitation skills and a real passion for the subject. The course is aimed at equipping change practitioners to position, manage and sustain change implemented in project environments through:

• covering the fundamentals of organisational change management,

• providing a world class change management methodology supported by an extensive repository of proven tools and templates,

• unpacking case studies representing more complex challenges often faced by change practitioners in project environments, and

• facilitating The Change Game™ that tests and hones delegates’ ability to handle tricky scenarios typically encountered in managing change.

Outcomes This course will help you:

• Understand what change management is and its application in the project environment

• Apply a typical change management methodology and tools • Map a world-class, change approach to a typical project

timeline • Scope the change management resource requirements • Recognize and deal appropriately with typical project

scenario’s and associated challenges

Included is a manual with the theoretical content and a CD with an extensive toolkit.

Delivery Method Public or In-house Workshop

Facilitator

Jean Grundling BA, BTech (HR Management), MPhil (Adult Education), PhD (Education) Jean has considerable operational and strategic human resource experience in the private and public sector and has consulting experience in a wide range of solutions. These solutions include change management, learning, communication and people and talent management. She has 7½ years’ experience as a consultant and manager at a large consulting house and more than 15 years’ experience with educational institutions.

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Managing Change in Project Environments

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The Change Game™ is a board game designed as a simulation tool to test and hone your ability to handle tricky scenarios typically encountered in leading, facilitating or adopting change. Change practitioners, project managers and team members, leaders and managers collaborate, compete and have fun while they learn how to better manage change. To be really effective at facilitating change, a good change methodology is helpful but you also need a strong ability to manage complexity, to deal with ambivalence and paradox, and you need to be able and willing to continuously reconsider, interpret and refocus your approach. In The Change Game™ standard sets of methodology-specific items reinforce the basic concepts of change management and test understanding. Real-life scenarios introduce complexity, ambivalence and paradoxes and challenge participants to think out of the “methodology box”.

Outcomes The Change Game™ makes the theory practical in a fun and engaging manner and allows participants to share knowledge and learn from each other. Different versions of the game cater for different change roles, levels of expertise and mainstream methodologies. The game can also be customised to cater for client-specific approaches and content.

Delivery Method Workshop Style; can be combined with a training intervention

Facilitators

The game can be facilitated by one of our experienced and passionate facilitators or you can acquire it as a standalone product with a facilitator guide.

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janet@toolsofgreatness.co.za

076 626 6047

0865 035 066

www.toolsofgreatness.co.za

@toolsofgreatnes