Driving Change Management - A Masterclass for Professional Practices

Introduction

This intensive and experiential masterclass is designed for practice leaders who need to drive change in their firm or teams.

Led by management consultant Kim Tasso, the session will examine the underlying principles of organisational, cultural and individual change.

Aimed at law, accountancy, surveying and other professional practices, it will provide you with frameworks and practical tools for designing and driving change programmes and managing resistance.

What You Will Learn

This course will cover the following:

• Why is Change so Difficult?
• What is change management?
• Planned change v personal transition
• Cultural issues within partnerships and the professions
• Common barriers
• Creating your change management programme
• Aims (vision and mission)
• Plans (identifying key issues and strategy development)
• Execution (project planning and management)
• Maintaining momentum and motivation
• Leading Change
• What is great leadership? Management v leadership
• Styles of leadership - situational leadership model
• Leadership and emotional intelligence
• Motivation - people centred implementation
• Team development, delegation and succession
• Creating a learning organisation
• Breaking Out of the Comfort Zone - Supporting Individual Change
• Psychology of human behaviour
• The change cycle
• Changing yourself
• Changing the behaviour of others - comfort zones, stress and nudging
• Understanding personalities, attitudes, motivation and resistance
• Generational differences
• The role of training, delegation and coaching
• Breaking Out of Complacency - Supporting Organisational Change
• Using organisational metaphors
• Creating the need for change - mission, vision and strategic thinking
• Changing organisational culture and behaviour
• The leading change management models
• Planning for effective change
• Incremental and fundamental approaches
• Achieving employee engagement and buy-in
• Aligning structure, recognition and reward systems
• Performance management
• The neuroscience of organisational change - preventing and managing resistance
• Resources to Help You
• Being a change catalyst
• Introduction to consulting skills
• Storytelling and role models
• Harnessing the power of internal communication and workshops
• Tips and tools to drive your change your management programme
• Summary and Action Planning