Leading Digital Transformation: Making Change Stick and Overcoming Resistance Training Course
The primary cause of digital transformation failures is rarely technological; rather, initiatives stagnate when individuals lack clarity on the objective, fear a loss of status or capability, or simply revert to previous routines post-implementation. Designed for intermediate managers, team leads, and change champions, this live instructor-led course (available online or on-site) focuses on guiding digital change that garners genuine employee support rather than mere compliance.
Upon completion, participants will be equipped to:
• Articulate the root causes of stalled transformations and identify key drivers of success.
• Identify genuine sources of resistance and intervene proactively.
• Construct a compelling case for change using early wins and visible executive sponsorship.
• Select and empower change agents while effectively engaging middle management.
• Track adoption rates beyond mere delivery metrics to sustain momentum post-launch.
Course Format
• Interactive lectures and group discussions.
• Analysis of case studies from the banking and public sectors.
• Hands-on development of a change plan tailored to a participant’s specific initiative.
Customization Options
• For tailored training solutions for this course, please reach out to arrange a consultation.
This course is available as onsite live training in Malaysia or online live training.Course Outline
Introduction
• Analyzing transformation failures: technology-centric mindsets, ambiguous goals, and change fatigue.
Understanding Resistance
• Viewing resistance as valuable feedback.
• Addressing core objections: concerns about status, competence, and control.
Leading the Change
• Establishing a clear “why,” securing quick wins, and ensuring visible sponsorship.
• Applying Kotter’s 8 Steps and the ADKAR model in practice, including their limitations.
• Leveraging change agents and champions: insights from the instructor’s experience as an Agile Champion in the banking sector.
• Middle managers: engaging the most critical yet often overlooked group.
Embedding the Change
• Involving stakeholders early in the design of new processes.
• Focusing metrics on adoption rather than just project delivery.
• Lessons from Bulgarian banking case studies: successes and failures.
Practical Application
• Developing a concise change and stakeholder management plan for a participant’s own initiative.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
Prerequisites
• No prior background in Agile methodologies or change management is necessary.
• Practical experience in managing or leading teams within an established organization.
Target Audience
• Managers and team leads.
• Heads of transformation, change management, and HR.
• Product Owners and project managers orchestrating change.
• Leaders within banking, insurance, public sector, and corporate environments.
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