Change Management: Governance and Sponsorship

Why take this course

Change often fails because sponsors are not visible or well informed, and decisions are unclear. This course helps senior people set change up so it is run well and lasts.

What you will be able to do

To set up how change is run, decided and sustained. By the end, you will be able to:

• Design a way of running change that fits your organisation.
• Manage how much change your people can take at once, and decide what should wait.
• Make sure money spent on technology is matched by getting people ready.
• Lead cultural change visibly and credibly as a sponsor.
• Set up oversight that makes decisions rather than just collecting reports.

What you will cover

1. 1

   Morning: The sponsor's real job, and how change gets run

   What sponsors do and don't do, how change is run, who decides what, sorting what comes first, how much change people can take and when to escalate.

2. 2

   Afternoon: Leading culture and keeping it going

   Spotting culture signals, leading from the front, checking the benefits arrive and your personal sponsor plan.

Course details

Who it is for

Sponsors, programme directors, heads of function, and PMO and transformation leaders who are sponsoring change or about to.

Before you start

Currently sponsoring or leading change, or about to.

Length

One day (6 hours), plus a 30 minute one to one assessment conversation about two weeks later: 6.5 hours in all.

Where and how

Live on Zoom or your own platform, in person, or at your site. Each course is delivered in house for your organisation, and we agree group size with you (a maximum of 12 learners per cohort, because every learner has a one to one assessment conversation).

When

We run each course when a larger group in your organisation wants it, and schedule it to suit you. There are no fixed public dates, and the minimum group is 5 learners.

Assessment

A sponsor action plan for a real change, drafted in the sessions and reviewed in a 30 minute conversation.