Simulations: Leading Change™
Minimise the impact of change on performance, retaining your best talent and customers.
The challenge
There is a saying that modern businesses need to reinvent themselves every three to five years to succeed. This saying is never more evident than in challenging economic times when innovation and the successful leadership of change are vital for survival.
Yet, this essential business process is fraught with problems and common pitfalls. Change programmes can fail for several reasons, including the non-delivery of their benefits and the mismanagement of the human aspects of the project.
Wouldn't it be sensible to have some form of 'driving lesson' for managers leading change projects? After all, aircraft pilots have simulators for their 'big projects' – so why can't we have management simulators?
"Really fun and interactive, best training on change management I have done."
Talent Manager, Renewable Energy
How will this workshop help
Indigo's Leading Change™ simulation gives participating teams the chance to experience and live through the challenges of managing an organisational change initiative. The simulation is based on a comprehensive model of how and why human beings react to change, drawing on a range of commercial, personal, emotional and 'political' factors.
Indigo Simulations is our suite of project and programme-focused management simulations, allowing you, your team and even your entire organisation to practice your project management skills in a safe, web-based, facilitated workshop.
The change simulation is a highly effective learning tool which gives us an unusual opportunity to test strategies and ‘see’ the complex picture of cause and effect.PA Consulting Group
Workshop benefits
This simulation, part of our suite of simulations and developed in collaboration with Maurizio Zollo of INSEAD, is often used in Merger Integration and Strategy Implementation contexts. Based on a scenario of planning the integration of two organisations after a merger, the simulation challenges teams to decide on a series of integration options - e.g., staff reduction and IT systems - that have different cost-saving and revenue growth implications.
Teams also have to manage the human reactions to the change, and it is the careful balance of these business and human (hard and soft) factors which determines the final success of the initiative.
"The great thing is to be able to use the simulation and get participants to become actively involved in solving problems and getting more real hands on experience; what I really value is that they take away with them a real life experience.” Ashridge Management School.
Workshop outline
- Developing advanced stakeholder analyses.
- Understanding the rational & non-rational reasons why people resist change.
- Prioritising a wide range of stakeholders.
- Balancing conflicting interests.
- Using networks to influence stakeholder attitudes and opinions.
- Communicating to maximise buy-in and support.
Who should attend?
This is ideal for anyone responsible for making change happen:
- Change agents and leaders.
- Project and programme managers.
- Team members.
- General Managers.
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Simulations: Leading Change™ can contribute to your CPD recognition with leading professional bodies and trade organisations. You can usually record your attendance in the 'organised learning' or 'self-learning' sections. Please check with your membership organisation for more information.
In-House workshops
We send our consultant to your offices to train your entire team through an in-company workshop. This allows us to focus on the team's training needs and enables us to deliver it at a time and date that suits them, significantly reducing the per-delegate cost. Prices are based on 12 delegates; we can train up to 18 for an additional fee.
Delegate places are available at up to £430pp + VAT.
