Indigo Simulations - Leading Change™ workshop brochure

Indigo Simulations Leading Change™

▪ Develop advanced stakeholder management.

▪ Understand the rational and nonrational reasons why people resist change.

▪ Communicate to maximise buy-in and support.

Face-to-face and online delivery:

▪ 1 day workshop – in-house.

▪ Optional 1-2-1 coaching available.

The Problem:

Implementing change is at the core of business success. We know that the human aspects of a change project should be treated in the same way as the technical or mechanical aspects, but this is often where it fails.

The Solution:

Indigo’s Leading Change™ simulation gives participating teams a chance to “live” the challenges of managing an organisational change initiative. The one-day simulation is based on a comprehensive model of how and why human beings react to change: i.e. a range of commercial, personal, emotional and ‘political’ factors.

Based around a scenario of planning the integration of two organisations after a merger, the team-based simulation challenges teams to decide a series of integration options (e.g. staff reduction, IT systems, integration and policy changes) that have different cost saving and revenue growth implications.

Teams have to manage the human reactions to the change, and it is the careful balance of these business and human (hard and soft) factors which determines the final success of the initiative.

This simulation, part of our suite of simulations and developed with Maurizio Zollo of INSEAD, is often used in Merger Integration and Strategy Implementation contexts.

Workshop Benefits:

What is a Simulation?

Instructor-led training blends with an innovative AI business gaming simulation, to create a risk-free business scenario.

“The great thing is to be able to use the simulation and get participants to become actively involved in solving problems and getting more real hands-on experience; what I really value is that they take away with them a real-life experience”. Ashridge Management School

Mistakes in simulations don’t cost anything. We combine ‘learning by doing’ with facilitator feedback, a range of knowledge, tools and techniques to help you:

1 Confidently manage change.

2 Build organisational resilience.

3

Ensure people are positive and supportive to embrace and accelerate change, rather than resisting it.

Leading Change™

Workshop Objectives:

Participants develop the key skills needed to lead change:

▪ Clearly defining objectives and clarifying success criteria

▪ Understanding the rational and non-rational reasons why people resist change.

▪ Developing and executing contract and resourcing strategies.

▪ Proactively analysing, managing and tracking risk and uncertainty

▪ Analysing, profiling and managing key stakeholders and tracking communications.

▪ Balancing conflicting, or ambiguous, stakeholder interests and managing scope changes.

▪ Understanding and managing interdependencies between scope, risk, cost and business outcomes

▪ Proactively resolving and/or escalating issues through to resolution

▪ Using networks to influence and communicating proactively to maximise buy-in and support.

Who Should Attend?

▪ Managers for whom consulting, influencing and building consensus is important for getting things done.

▪ Project and Programme Managers.

▪ Project Team Members.

▪ Consultants.

▪ Account Managers

Advantages of Simulations:

A Scalable Solution:

“Enjoyable. Fun. Practical.” NHS Hospital Team Member

Whether you’re looking to have a small team experience the simulation, or you want to roll out the experience globally – this unique virtual element means your tailored simulation programme is ready when and where you want it run.

Flexible Solutions:

Our simulations can be incorporated into your existing online or face-to-face training programmes. Our comprehensive training-for-trainer model means you can focus precisely where and how you want our simulations to work; whether at a team building event, used to support classroom developmental learning, or for evaluating performance.

A Shared Experience:

Multiple groups of 3 people share the same experience. Groups can work in different locations, providing they have internet access.

Results-Based Learning:

Each team gets differing results depending on the quality of analysis and decisions they take. Your facilitator will help teams get off on the right foot, and then pull together and embed the key learning points at the end of the simulation.

Training

Options: Train your Team

In-house workshops are the ideal opportunity to train teams and whole departments within your organisation. Providing clarity of training focus and excellent team building opportunities, they reduce delegate travel, workshop cost and environmental impact as we train online or at your premises, worldwide.

“This was a very enjoyable course. The interactive exercise was very thought provoking and closely situated some of the key challenges we face in change management.”

UK Investment Management Organisation

“The change simulation is a highly effective learning tool which gives us an unusual opportunity to test strategies and ‘see’ the complex picture of cause and effect.”

PS Consulting Group