Accompanying change: secrets of effective managers

Training Theme

This training presents the keys to effectively support change as a manager. It is based on three essential pillars: sharing, co-constructing and acting. In a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world, managers need to develop agility and resilience while maintaining transparent communication with their teams. The training emphasizes the importance of meeting the intellectual, emotional and practical needs of employees to facilitate their buy-in to change. The participatory approach and co-construction are presented as key success factors.

Training Objectives

In this online course, you will learn how to:

• Co-build in a project mode to implement changes as a team.
• Engage employees in action to promote commitment to change.
• Address intellectual, emotional, and practical needs to facilitate change.
• Envision change scenarios together and prepare for them.
• Act and decide in the uncertainty of a VUCA world.

Target Audience 

All managers or project leaders who need to support changes in their organization.

Training Content 

This module contains 4 parts:

DISCOVER

• Identify your personal challenges and motivations for change.

SHAKING UP

• The VUCA world and its implications for managers
• Storytelling: Video "Delia and the 3 Stones of Change", 2'11
  • A story about using three magic stones (Sharing, Co-building and Action) to guide through change
• Magic Stones of Change Quiz

LEARN

• Expert video: Accompanying transformations, 5'04
  • The 3 key tips for supporting change: sharing, co-constructing and acting
• The levers for successful change:
  • Intellectual need
  • Emotional need
  • Practical need
• Quiz and exercise TRUE/FALSE

ANCHOR

• Preparing for change as a team
• Action Plan for Successful Change
• Use concrete examples to define your own commitment to change.

Additional resources

• Downloadable documents:
  • Coaching memo sheet (PDF)
• Bonus: TED or Youtube video(s)