Certifying Organizations
Course Description
"Managing Change" is an online training course that focuses on why leaders need to embrace change and how they can make it an opportunity for leading their team. Change provides opportunities to progress through transitions, and this course will teach you how to equip yourself with the right mindset and skills for success. You will also develop ways to have the confidence necessary to lead improvements, no matter how risky they might seem.
This lesson will help you strategize through smooth transitions while keeping your team motivated and focused. It will teach you how to communicate effectively and how to inspire your team members to embrace change and reap its benefits. By the end, you will understand the process and psychology involved with managing change. You will gain the ability to identify whether or not change is needed in your organization. You will recognize that change brings potential innovation and positive results, and you will learn how to make any transitions easier for your team with the Managing Change course.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the process and psychology involved with managing change
- Learn how to create strategies to lead your team through transitions of change
- Understand how people react to change
- Spot poorly-executed change versus well-executed change
- Value the benefits of change
- Identify opportunities brought about by change and innovate from them
Skills You Will Learn
- Change Leadership
- Change Management
- Change Management Planning
- Organizational Change Management
- Transition Management
- Change Management Certification
What You'll Learn
- Understand the process and psychology involved with managing change
- Create strategies to lead your team through transitions of change
- Recognize how people react to change across the stages of the change cycle
- Distinguish well-executed change from poorly-executed change
- Identify opportunities brought about by change and innovate from them
- Communicate effectively to inspire your team to embrace change
Key Takeaways
- Change provides opportunities to progress through transitions, and leaders need the right mindset and skills to make it an opportunity for leading their team.
- The course distinguishes managing change from leading change and covers leading people toward voluntary versus imposed change.
- The Change Cycle moves through six stages: Loss, Doubt, Discomfort, Discovery, Understanding, and Integration.
- Effective communication, including communication and learning styles, methods, and frequency, helps make transitions easier for a team.
- Change brings potential innovation and positive results, and learners gain the ability to identify whether change is needed in their organization.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for leaders who need to embrace change and make it an opportunity for leading their team through transitions while keeping the team motivated and focused.
What will I be able to do by the end of the course?
By the end, you will understand the process and psychology of managing change, be able to identify whether change is needed in your organization, recognize that change brings potential innovation and positive results, and know how to make transitions easier for your team.
What topics does the course cover?
The course covers what change is, the benefits of change, managing versus leading change, voluntary versus imposed change, well-executed versus poorly-executed change, the six-stage Change Cycle, the leader's function, and communication styles, methods, and frequency.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will build skills in change leadership, change management, change management planning, organizational change management, and transition management.
Is this an online course?
Yes, Managing Change is an online training course.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Continuing Development Units (CDUs): 1.5
KnowledgeCity is an endorsed education approved provider for the International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) for CCBA®, CBAP®. KnowledgeCity courses can assist learners with their continuing development units (CDUs).
