Leading Change in Your Organization
Who is the course for?
Although this course applies to all leaders and followers, the content is most applicable to those with experience in a leadership role. This course is also valuable for those with leadership aspirations and for those who are anticipating transitioning into a leadership role within 6-12 months.
Skill Level
Intermediate
Time Commitment
Weekly Time Committment
60 Minutes/Week
Duration
4 Weeks
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Champions Change
- Communicates
- Focuses on Results through People
- Inspires
- Solves Problems
- Takes Initiative
Course Overview
It’s important to understand how leading change can generate a positive or negative outcome at an organizational level. In this course, participants will define the eight common pitfalls of leading change and learn the skills required to be effective. Participants will gain insight into the three Cs of leading change and recognize three potential hurdles to overcome. This course will also examine an eight-step process and change models including Lewin’s model and the ADKAR model.
Completing this course will help you:
- Define leading change opportunities and their impact.
- Identify skills required to effectively lead change while avoiding common pitfalls.
- Recognize leading change models to accelerate successful implementation.
- Determine successful leading change dynamics and hurdles to overcome.
Learning Path
Session 1 - The Big Idea and Business Case for Leading Change
This session will explore the evolution of leading change. Participants will examine the positive and negative components of leading change and the subsequent organizational impact.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 2 - How Leading Change Applies to You
This session will explore the eight common pitfalls associated with leading change. Participants will also review the five skills required for effectively leading change.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 3 - Leading Change Models
Session three explores the first four steps of the “Big Opportunity” change model. Participants will also summarize the ADKAR model for change in addition to Lewin’s change management model.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 4 - Leading Change - Application and Best Practices
This session will review steps five through eight of the “Big Opportunity” change model. Participants will also review the three Cs of leading change successfully as well as the three hurdles to overcome.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Champions Change
- Communicates
- Focuses on Results through People
- Inspires
- Solves Problems
- Takes Initiative
Why people choose LEL for Leadership Development
The insights from this course have changed how I approach leadership. I now feel equipped to handle challenges more effectively and inspire my team every day.
An invaluable experience! The practical strategies and hands-on exercises helped me build strong leadership skills that I apply daily in my role.
Frequently asked questions
What is change management training for leaders?
Change management training for leaders teaches you to guide a team through change without losing people or momentum, using established models like ADKAR and Lewin’s three-stage model alongside an eight-step process for driving a change through. Leadership Edge Live runs it as a four-week live virtual course that also covers the eight common pitfalls that cause change efforts to stall, so leaders can spot and avoid them early.
What is the ADKAR model in change management?
ADKAR is a change model that maps the five things a person needs to move through a change: Awareness of why it is needed, Desire to support it, Knowledge of how to change, Ability to apply new skills, and Reinforcement to make it stick. This course teaches ADKAR alongside Lewin’s model so leaders can diagnose exactly where a person or team is getting stuck, rather than pushing the whole group at the same pace.
How do you lead a team through resistance to change?
You lead through resistance by understanding that people resist change for predictable reasons and addressing those reasons directly, rather than mistaking resistance for defiance. The course covers the three Cs of leading change and the common hurdles that create pushback, giving managers a way to keep communication open and momentum steady when a team is anxious about what a change means for them.
Why do most change initiatives fail?
Most change initiatives fail because of a small set of avoidable pitfalls, such as declaring victory too early, failing to build a real case for change, or under-communicating the vision. This course is built around the eight common pitfalls of leading change, so leaders learn to recognize each one before it derails the effort, which is far cheaper than rescuing a change that has already lost the team.
Who should take a change management course, and is it live?
This course suits people with some leadership experience, or those moving into a leadership role in the next 6 to 12 months, who will actually be responsible for guiding a change. It is delivered live online across four weekly sessions rather than as self-paced video, so participants work through the ADKAR and Lewin models against a real change their organization is facing, and teams can start with a free trial session.
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