Class Details
Change Management for Projects Course: Core Skills
Course summary
Learn the basics of change management and gain practical experience with planning and implementing change.
This practical change management course will show you how to develop a change plan, select an appropriate change model, and apply the model to case studies and real-life scenarios. You will also learn to post-evaluate to take corrective action where necessary to refine and reinforce the change process.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- support and lead others through the change management curve
- define, plan and implement a change initiative
- measure change readiness and the effectiveness of change
- develop skills to persuade and influence others, have difficult conversations and drive a positive culture within your team
- describe the psychology of change, change fatigue, organisational culture and different models and approaches to change management.
Content
Why change?
- What makes culture and change important?
- The psychology of change
- Models of leading change
Plan and implement change
- Change and communications plan
- Change readiness and effectiveness assessment
- Strategies and interventions to deliver change, including a training needs analysis, training plan and coaching plan
Develop your change toolkit
- Challenging and constructive conversations to effectively deliver change on the ground
- Emotional self-regulation
- Personality traits and learning styles
- Leading change, for e.g. being the change you want to see
- Positive psychology interventions including reflective practice
Change models
- The human factors that make change so difficult (Kubler Ross change curve)
Prerequisites
None
Who this course is for
This course is for professionals involved in planning, coordinating or delivering projects and business improvement initiatives in their organisation. It applies across structured and fast-moving project environments, including engineering, construction, health, education, government, commercial and non-profit sectors.
- Project managers looking to improve planning, delivery and oversight
- ‘Accidental’ project managers managing projects without formal training
- Team leaders, supervisors and business leaders responsible for project outcomes
- Project coordinators, business analysts and subject matter experts
- Change leaders, managers and support staff involved in organisational initiatives
- Anyone working on projects who wants to better manage timelines, stakeholders and priorities
Delivery style
This one-day course focuses on experiential learning. Content is broken into 10-15 minute blocks and immediately followed by group activities where the theory is put into action.
A range of interactive methods will be used including:
- storytelling and the use of professional examples to exhibit concepts
- self-reflection and group discussions
- case studies where the concepts are actively applied
- individual and team activities and presentations
- suggested readings for after training.
Materials
You will receive:
- course materials with case study activities and sample templates for your toolkit
- a Statement of Completion.
What you need to do before the course
Please bring your laptop to class to access the course learning materials.
Sessions
Location
Face-to-face (CCE Building, Sydney)
Public transport
As bus and train timetables regularly change, we suggest you visit the Transport for NSW trip planner before you set out.
The nearest train stations are Newtown Station and Macdonaldtown Station. Macdonaldtown Station is closer by distance than Newtown Station, however trains do not stop as frequently as at Newtown Station.
Other information
Parking
Nearby parking is available at Wilson Parking - RPA Medical Centre Car Park (entry via Elizabeth Street off Carillon Avenue).
A Flexi Saver Rate is available but must be booked in advance online and includes the booking fee. Bookings can be made via the Wilson website or by downloading the Wilson Parking App. Otherwise, hourly parking rates will apply, as advertised on the Wilson Parking website.
Meet the facilitators
Marshal Alkouz
Hammam (Marshal) Alkouz is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and dynamic Project, Program, and PMO expert with a successful track record in managing multi-million dollar projects across industries like EPC, Oil & Gas, IT/ERP, Business Transformation, Education, and Government.
With over 5000 hours of Project Management training, Marshal specializes in PMO set-up, Project/Program Management, and Lean Six Sigma tools for continuous improvement. His educational background includes an MBA from the University of Atlanta.
As an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Sydney and UNSW, Marshal teaches courses on Computer Applications in Project Management. He actively contributes as a Trainer & Mentor for PMI-Sydney and a Training Content Author for Certifeka International.
In his professional career, Marshal serves as a Director and Board member at PMI Sydney, an Agile Project/PMO Consultant & Trainer, and has held roles in Program/Project Management and Process Improvement for government and private sector organisations.
