Radical and Transformative Change and Strategic Leadership

Radical and Transformative Change and Strategic Leadership

Methodology:

• Participants are required to prepare current transformative business challenges at the beginning of the course.
• Throughout the course, they are guided through the training content and materials on how to use relevant tools, case studies, models, and strategic concepts.
• By the end of the course, participants will develop a transformative action plan that they can present, share, and discuss with their teams upon their return, laying the foundation for the next steps in leading transformative change within their organizations.

Course Objectives:

• Build awareness and understanding of the importance of transformative change.
• Select a team of key managers and opinion leaders to lead the desired change.
• Foster institutional acceptance of the comprehensive transformation process.
• Maintain strong and open communication channels throughout the transformative journey.
• Contextualize and execute a strategic plan for implementing transformative change.

Target Audience:

Leaders, department heads, managers, supervisors, project managers, change agents, sponsors, and all participants involved in leading transformative change.

Program Content:

• Understanding radical and transformative change.
• Radical and transformative change vs. change management.
• Prerequisites for transformative change: Beckhard’s approach.
• Approaches to transformative change.
• Transitioning through different transitional stages.
• Measuring the intensity and need for transformation.

Laying the Foundation for Radical Transformative Change:

• Characteristics and capabilities of transformative leaders.
• Key factors in effective change management.
• The conflict between leadership and the current situation.
• The psychological contract.
• Emotional competence framework.
• The model of radical and transformative change.
• The model of radical and transformative change and desired outcomes.
• Components underlying the model.
• The model and the required leadership characteristics for success.
• Creating a climate for transformative change.
• Engaging and empowering the organization.
• Execution and sustainability.
• Working through resistance.
• The ongoing process of transformative change.
• Insights from transformative leaders.

Communication for Radical Transformative Change:

• The role of the leader.
• Communicating with purpose.
• Analyzing and understanding stakeholder needs.
• Fundamentals of communication for radical and transformative change.
• Measuring the effectiveness of the communication plan.
• Changing communication rules to change behavioral rules.

Context and Execution of the Transformative Strategic Plan:

• Key considerations when implementing transformative strategic plans.
• Essential characteristics of institutional effectiveness.
• Fundamentals of implementing transformative strategic plans.
• Decision rights.
• Information.
• Structure.
• Incentives.
• Improving mapping to enhance foundations.
• Testing leadership of the execution plan.
• Delivering results and measuring success.
• Looking forward.
• Personal action plan.