Class Details
Change Management for Projects Course: Advanced Skills
Course summary
This advanced course is for leaders that are involved in change management for meeting the organisation’s strategic context. You will learn how to be the voice of change, communicating the change vision and the importance of the change sponsor role.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- define change within the context of the broader organisational strategy
- explain different types, reasons and levels of organisational change
- describe the complexity inherent in organisational change
- describe change models and tools, and their role in how they shape change in your organisational context
- become an effective change sponsor able to describe messaging, power and position, resource management and utilisation, and alignment with strategy.
Content
Why change?
- Change in the context of culture and strategy
- The business case for change and change management
Complexity of change
- Psychology of change
- The personal impact of change on self and others, including change acceptance, resistance, self-regulation and fatigue
- Change management models and the ingredients for effective delivery of change
- The power of culture in your organisation
The Change Sponsor
- The critical role of the change sponsor
- Critical leadership skills to be an effective leader or sponsor of change
- Being the voice of change
Prerequisites
Our Change Management Course: Core Skills or equivalent knowledge.
Who this course is for
This course is for professionals responsible for 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 strengthen delivery across the full project lifecycle
- Experienced ‘Accidental’ project managers managing projects without formal training
- Team leaders, supervisors and business leaders responsible for complex project outcomes
- Project coordinators, business analysts and subject matter experts supporting project delivery
- Change leaders, managers and support staff involved in organisational initiatives and formal change processes
- Professionals responsible for planning, governance, risk and stakeholder management
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
Angela Chellas
Angela is a dedicated and engaging international facilitator and speaker. Her extensive and ongoing project experience ensures that participants of her project workshops receive a mixture of theory, actual examples of their application, and practical tips.
For over 20 years, Angela has helped numerous global organisations increase their project management capability and improve efficiencies in their delivery. Some of Angela's notable clients include the Department of Veterans' Affairs, ANSTO, Australian Wool Innovation, PWC, MBM, and NRL. Her experience in the field ensures that she's not only able to provide students with an understanding of the principles of project management, but also give examples of how these can produce successful outcomes on projects. On every new project and program, Angela is constantly learning new skills and techniques which keep her workshops current and relevant.
Angela has a Bachelor of Arts, a Post Graduate Certificate of Marketing and an Advanced Diploma of Project Management. In 2001, she became a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and member of the Project Management Institute. She is a PRINCE2 Practitioner and holds Project+ certification with CompTIA. Angela has a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is also a Myers Briggs accredited facilitator. She sat on the Board of Project Management Institute Sydney Chapter for two years and Nominating Committee for three years.
