Very excited to announce the first of Durham University Business School‘s short courses – “Leading People-centric Change”, delivered by the esteemed Julie Hodges. If you work in a role, where you are responsible for leading and managing change, you may be interested in this two-day course. It will equip you with innovative tools and techniques to effectively engage stakeholders and successfully lead business transformation. For more information, check out the webpage via the QR code below.
Dates: 7 February and 8 February 2025
Location: Durham University Business School Waterside Building, Durham
The sessions will focus on how you can effectively achieve change, drawing on relevant models, diagnostic tools and techniques enabling you to apply a people-centric approach to engage key stakeholders in the change process. With consideration of the practical challenges of business transformations, you will enhance your capabilities to lead and manage change effectively, focusing on key topics such as the impact of change on wellbeing, ensuring an approach to change that is inclusive, and coping with opposition to change.
This module will focus on the importance of understanding the effects of change on individuals and teams and of engaging them throughout the change journey. It will enhance your skills to manage and lead people through planned transformation changes. It will do this by setting out frameworks, perspectives and practical approaches which you will be able to apply in practice. By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- Appreciate the importance of managing and leading the human dynamics of change;
- Be more effective in involving people with change;
- Appreciate and address the potential impact of organisational change on wellbeing;
- Apply practical skills to engage individuals and teams with change;
- Achieve the benefits accrued from sustaining change through involving people in transformations.
- https://www.durham.ac.uk/business/for-business/short-courses/