Ireland Chapter of PMI

TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT : Definitions, Challenges, Approaches

with Peter DeJager

Do you want?

• …an analytical approach for identifying opportunities for Radical Change within your organization?
• …a Road Map for the Chaos that such a Change will generate – and a path that can lead you to a New Status Quo
• …to introduce both staff and management to the need for thinking the unthinkable
• …a reality based understanding of the largest obstacles standing between your organization today – and what might be possible five years in the future.
• …a way of thinking about organizational change that encourages the formation of teams, respects intelligent criticism, invites participation and breaks down the obstacles of the “we” vs. “them” culture

What is it about?

This one-day interactive learning workshop explores the Change Management process. The topics will include:

• The primary obstacles to Change
• The value, and flaws of human behavioral models
• The applicability of the Kubler-Ross Grief Cycle to organizational Change
• The Virginia Satir Change Process Model
• The single point of failure in change management
• Why 4 crucial questions your communications plan must answer
• The pivot point of change management projects
• Why resistance to change is both necessary and desirable

Why is it valuable?

You will have gained the following knowledge and skills and be able to:

• Identify your organizational core values
• Involve those affected by the threat, in the selection and implementation of the Change necessary to alleviate the threat
• Design a communication plan to address the real concerns of the Target Audience
• Respond appropriately to concerns regarding the Change in order to avoid reinforcing those concerns
• Empower the organization to direct their own change
• Install support structures to shorten the transition period
• Respect the existing status quo before replacing it with another
• Minimize the pain of change in order to make it easier to embrace
• Recognize why celebrating a transition is not just a reason to throw a party

Who should attend?

• Those currently involved in large organizational change
• Those required to implement radical change
• Those with expertise in management looking to increase their ability to manage “Resistance to Change”
• Staff faced with Change – who desire to respond to it with more than just ‘emotion’
• Project leaders who want their clients to succeed with large system implentations
• Those wishing to attain a practical, reality based understanding of change management
• This training/Presentation has been crafted to allow the attendee to decide for themselves that this approach has value. The session is interactive, informative, provocative and unavoidably… fun.

Course Code:    C144-20100305

Course Name:    05 March 2010 Change Management Event