[MASTERCLASS]
Mastering Change: Practical Strategies for
Executive Adaptability
(4 sessions of ½-Day)
Contact our learning specialists at +65 6376 0777 or write to skillsmastery@sqcentre.com for more information.
Home / Innovation & Agile / Mastering Change: Practical Strategies for Executive Adaptability (4 sessions of ½-Day)
*Classroom-based Learning*
This masterclass workshop caters to the needs of individuals and organisations that want to know how adapt positively and productively with the tremendous amount of change that we are presently experiencing.
The workshop enables participants to learn three important lessons: 1) How we naturally react to change, 2) How we can become more adaptable 3) How we can use these concepts to allow us to deliver higher levels of business performance by constantly experimenting learning and growing. It focuses on practical application and skill development for the individual.
Key Benefits
- Develop a powerful overview of adaptability and change models, practices and methods
- Apply the skill of dealing positively with change by constantly experimenting, learning, growing, and staying resilient
- Learn how to adapt and practice change management in organisation and understand what it takes to be successful
- Start journey as Agent of Change
Structured Roadmap
Course Contents
Session 1:
Change and Negative Reactions to Change
- Learn about the concept of change, and the reasoning around why a large majority of us at first react negatively.
- Learn about fear, why it is a major inhibitor for change and the following three tools manage it: 1) Limiting beliefs, 2) Rationalisation, and 3) Worry and Awareness Management.
- Discover and apply a step strategy to help change and manage anxiety: 1) Selling the future and value of change; 2) Re-alignment of recognition systems to embrace change; and 3) Communicating benefits of change.
Session 2:
Models For Change Management
- Learn about the Kübler-Ross model and be able to identify the various mental and emotional stages humans pass through when exposed to dramatic changes; learn and practice how to overcome these adverse reactions and embrace change quickly.
- Understand the Bridges Transition Model, and apply the model to create buy-in from employees on the issue of change; focuses on the “internal” challenges of dealing with change.
- Positively anticipate change, and understand how to use the Transtheoretical Model to accept and work through change.
Session 3:
Managing Change Positively and Adaptability Skillsets
- Understand and apply the “5 Why” Technique to identify the root causes of change.
- Apply journaling as a process to strategise and navigate through change.
- Learn and apply 3 core adaptability skillsets that all adaptability individuals exercise: 1) Unlearning: The ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn; 2) Exploration/Experimentation: The ability to explore and experiment to find newness in the world around us and predict change; and 3) What If: Always looking at understanding new possibilities to envision opportunities and threats.
Session 4:
Mindset and Resilience and Capstone Project Presentations
- Learn about Mindset and how to develop a growth mindset to learn, grow develop and become more Resilient.
- Understand and learn to develop Resilience through: 1) Inspiration: Understand the power of pursuing interest. Learn how one can use a template technique to focus on experimenting and testing your interests. 2) Deliberate Practice: Learning how one can create a Deliberate Practice Action Plan. 3) Purpose: Examining the value of Purpose at work. Using process to magnify job purpose.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is suitable for individuals who want to boost their ability to change and adapt. It also serves as a foundation to change management, mindset and innovation practitioners. The skills we teach are relevant in the context of small, medium-sized enterprises as well as within large corporations.
*This workshop is customisable to suit organisational needs. Please contact us for exclusive and attractive corporate rates.
Trainer
Derek Ariss is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in innovation and education. As the Head of Innovation Education at Lightbulb Capital, he is responsible for building the company's education practice, with a focus on fostering adaptability, change, creativity, design thinking, technology, culture, and mindset conducive to innovation in finance. Derek has a proven track record of designing processes to deliver improved products and systems, nurturing a culture of innovation in Asia, and developing productive relationships with organisations that focus on innovation and growth. Prior to his current role, Derek was the Head of Retail Operations across Asia and the Head of Innovation at LendLease.
