COURSE OVERVIEW

 80% of this course is practical sessionswhere participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups, class workshops and role-plays. 

Taking into consideration that KIPIC Team Leaders have gone through various types of training and fresh training perspectives will deem beneficial, the course shall be a cultivation of sharing best practices, innovative training techniques and the latest trends. This will ensure the team leader’s engagement in the program as well as elevate the added value to KIPIC. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of team leadership development, adapting to change and focusing on people. It covers the change management strategies; how change management becomes a result of organizational strategy; comprehending and responding to organizational/business strategic change efficiently; the essential part of managing the success of business strategic change through the current role; the need for change in business terms adopted by management through linking the change objectives to the overall strategy; and planning and executing change workshop with management. 

 Further, this course will also discuss the possible risks and impact of change management strategies; managing of risk and the ability to have high tolerance for uncertainty accompanied with change by focusing on the big picture and maintaining emotional stability for self and team; anticipating change and adapting easily by having contingency plans in addition to setting priorities; nurturing effective and positive teams in addition to maintaining team momentum by accepting change to be a continuous process to be implemented over a long period; setting clear directions for team members during periods of change and mobilizing them successfully toward the new targets; and the various roles in managing change and the individual responsibilities of each of these roles. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the characteristics to look for in identifying change champions and sponsors; design change management plans, stakeholders engagement strategies and communication plans; lead the implementation stage of change in a professional manner, focus on people and set high performance standards for the team; identify team’s goals and confirms staff actions necessary to achieve goals; define metrics to monitor progress toward achieving the team’s goals; provide specific behavioural feedback to subordinates and models those behaviours; experiences to encourage and motivate others; motivate from the “gurus” – from Maslow to Mcgregor; reward great behaviour and publicly recognizes high performers and encourage building capabilities at all time; and employ cultural behavior, benchmarking against the best, discipline and motivation and “people focused” in contrast to “process focused”.