Leading Project-Driven Change [ONLINE]

This course consists of 2 half-day online sessions.

What distinguishes projects from business-as-usual operations is that projects introduce change; therefore, change is a fundamental goal of every project. Yet, many people resist change for various reasons. This resistance, if not accounted for in project delivery strategies, can lead to significant risks jeopardizing the attainment of project objectives.

Through a combination of lectures and individual and group activities based on real-world case studies, this course introduces project managers to the fundamentals of change management practice, helping them to understand the risks introduced by change resistance and how to reduce or eliminate those risks. By incorporating the techniques revealed in this course into their toolkits, project managers will be better able to deal with stakeholders, reduce project delays, increase efficiencies, and reduce the risk of not meeting a project’s business case objectives.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify barriers to change including stakeholder reactions
• Choose appropriate strategies to address specific change resistance points
• Prepare better stakeholder management plans
• Prepare better project communications plans to build commitment
• Prepare more comprehensive risk management plans
• Improve the chances of meeting project objectives

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Instructor: Carroll Blair, M.E.S., MBTA, Personality Dimension, Change Leadership Certification

As an Educational Strategist, Master Facilitator and Change Coach, Carroll has twenty years of experience working to create safe and inclusive learning environments for participants at all levels of an organization. Her experience includes working in non-profit, corporate/financial and municipal environments.

This experience includes building and delivering adult education courses via numerous modalities for onboarding, service excellence, change management, diversity/anti-bias awareness education, team building and managerial skill development. One of her greatest rewards has been providing hours of career and development coaching to new graduates and seasoned managers alike.

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Host or Publisher Goodman School of Mines