Senior leaders frequently confront the challenge of implementing significant organizational transformation. This comprehensive course explores change management through an organizational systems lens, providing you with frameworks for designing thoughtful organizational change initiatives, implementing evidence-based strategies for successfully guiding transformation efforts, and assessing change effectiveness through established evaluation methodologies.
Intended Participants:
This course is designed for professionals who have maintained supervisory or management positions for five years or longer. These roles demand both direct leadership of team members and understanding of organizational strategy and direction.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Apply organizational change theory and concepts to strategic planning and implementation.
- Develop comprehensive strategies and implementation roadmaps for organizational transformation initiatives.
- Deploy proven change leadership methods for guiding teams and organizations through transitions.
- Implement rigorous assessment approaches to measure change initiative effectiveness and impact.
Course Structure and Topics
Module 1: Foundational Leadership Understanding
- Define leadership and clarify its distinctions from management practice
- Investigate essential leadership competencies and behavioral approaches
- Analyze leadership responsibilities within public sector organizations
Module 2: Building Self-Knowledge and Leadership Identity
- Examine your core leadership principles and professional history
- Evaluate your personal leadership capabilities and opportunities for development
- Formulate a personal pathway for professional leadership advancement
Module 3: Communicating as a Leader
- Explore how communication functions within leadership effectiveness
- Master active listening capabilities and articulate a compelling message delivery
- Engage in structured exercises for delivering and integrating feedback
Module 4: Building Effective Team Performance
- Inspire and energize organizational teams for high performance
- Calibrate your leadership presence for diverse organizational contexts and individual needs
- Foster genuine teamwork, mutual support, and shared responsibility
Module 5: Leadership Grounded in Ethics and Public Values
- Implement ethical frameworks for complex leadership decisions
- Understand how personal and organizational values guide leadership choices
- Model honesty, openness, and accountability in leadership practice
Module 6: Applying Leadership Learning
- Synthesize course learning into a personalized leadership development strategy
- Identify ongoing pathways for professional growth and capability building
- Establish concrete commitments for translating leadership concepts into daily professional practice
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
