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Leading Change

Lead people through change
Not just around it

Leading Change equips leaders to guide people through disruption, manage uncertainty with confidence, and maintain momentum when the path forward isn't clear.

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Session Length
2 Hours
Modules
6 Modules
Format
Virtual or In-Person
Participants
8–50
Prerequisites
None required
Who This Is For

For Leaders Responsible for Keeping People Moving Through Uncertainty

Most change initiatives fail not because the strategy was wrong, but because the people side wasn't led well. This program gives leaders the frameworks, tools, and mindset to change that outcome.

Directors & Senior Leaders
Leaders managing teams through restructuring, strategic shifts, or operational change who need to keep people engaged, focused, and moving forward.
VPs & C-Suite Executives
Senior leaders responsible for driving transformation initiatives at scale, where alignment, communication, and culture are as critical as the change plan itself.
Change Initiative Leaders
Leaders appointed to lead specific transformation efforts who need a comprehensive toolkit for planning, communicating, and sustaining change.
High-Potential Leaders
Leaders preparing for expanded roles in environments where navigating complexity and leading through uncertainty will be a defining part of the job.
What Leaders Walk Away With

The Confidence and Capability to Lead Change, Not Just Manage It

Every module in this program builds a different layer of change leadership capability, from internal mindset to strategic planning, disruptive thinking, cultural awareness, anticipatory thinking, and organizational agility.

A Change Leadership Mindset
The shift from managing change as a process to leading it as a human experience, understanding what people need to move through disruption successfully.
A 4-Phase Change Roadmap
A comprehensive, practical framework for planning and executing change initiatives, with tools for each phase from initiation through embedding in culture.
Disruptive Thinking Skills
The ability to challenge existing assumptions and think at multiple levels of the Disruptive Thinking Continuum, seeing new possibilities where others see only constraints.
Cultural Intelligence
An understanding of how organizational culture shapes the way change lands, and how to work with culture rather than against it during transformation.
Anticipatory Thinking Skills
The ability to see around corners, imagine how unexpected events might affect plans, and build adaptive mindsets in themselves and their teams.
Organizational Agility
The frameworks to build nimbleness into systemic elements of the organization so it can keep pace with internal and external change over time.
The Modules

Six Modules
One Complete Change Leadership Arc

Each module addresses a different dimension of what it takes to lead change effectively, from the internal foundation of mindset to culture, transformation planning, disruptive thinking, anticipatory leadership, and building long-term organizational agility. No prerequisites required.

Module 01
Mindset & Behavior Change

Change leadership starts with the leader's own mindset. Citing 20 years of research, this session examines how a fixed vs growth orientation shapes the way leaders approach uncertainty, communicate through disruption, and model resilience for their teams.

Session Focus
The link between leader mindset and how teams experience change.
Leadership Mindset Assessment: understanding your mindset tendencies.
Identifying behaviors to shift during times of disruption.
Practical methods for sustaining new behaviors under pressure.
Skills Strengthened
Growth MindsetChange ReadinessResilienceAdaptive Leadership
Module 02
Disruptive Thinking

Leading change requires the ability to think differently. This session introduces the Disruptive Thinking Continuum, exploring three levels of disruptive thinking and how leaders can develop this increasingly critical capability to challenge assumptions and see new possibilities.

Session Focus
Defining disruptive thinking and why it matters more than ever.
The Disruptive Thinking Continuum: three levels of thinking differently.
Real examples of disruptive thinking in organizational contexts.
How to incorporate disruptive thinking into everyday leadership.
Skills Strengthened
Innovative ThinkingStrategic SensemakingInquiry & DialogueChange Leadership
Module 03
How Culture Influences Everything

Culture eats strategy for breakfast, and it eats change initiatives for lunch. Using the Culture Dig exercise, participants excavate the underlying assumptions and beliefs in their organization and examine how those cultural forces either accelerate or block transformation efforts.

Session Focus
How organizational culture shapes the way change lands.
The Culture Dig: surfacing assumptions that affect change dynamics.
How employees experience culture during times of disruption.
Working with culture rather than against it during transformation.
Skills Strengthened
Culture DiagnosisSystems ThinkingChange LeadershipStrategic Alignment
Module 04
Leading Change & Transformation

This session reviews what recent examples tell us about what actually makes change initiatives succeed or fail, examines the extent to which those factors are present in current efforts, and equips leaders with a comprehensive 4-Phase Change Roadmap and tools to lead change in their organizations.

Session Focus
Change leadership vs change management: knowing the difference.
The different types of change and what each requires from leaders.
Managing the human side of change with skill and intention.
Applying the 4-Phase Change Roadmap to current initiatives.
Skills Strengthened
Change PlanningStakeholder EngagementCommunication ManagementEmbedding Change
Module 05
Anticipatory Leadership

One of the most under-utilized leadership skill sets, anticipatory thinking enables leaders to see what others do not see, imagine how unexpected events might affect plans and strategies, and create readiness and adaptive mindsets for what might happen before it does.

Session Focus
Understanding anticipatory leadership and why it's increasingly urgent.
Assessing your anticipatory leadership competencies.
How anticipatory thinking differs from strategic thinking.
Ways to strengthen anticipatory capability in yourself and your team.
Skills Strengthened
Future-Oriented ThinkingSystems ThinkingDecision MakingAnalytical Sensemaking
Module 06
Organizational Agility

Organizations face unprecedented levels of change, and the rate will likely continue to rise. Traditional change models are no longer enough. This session focuses on building nimbleness into systemic elements of the organization so it can keep pace with change rather than constantly catching up to it.

Session Focus
Defining organizational agility and what it looks like in practice.
The 5 Building Blocks of Organizational Agility.
Assessing agility in your organization right now.
Ways to strengthen organizational agility over time.
Skills Strengthened
Strategic MindsetOrganizational SavvyDecision MakingAnalytical CapabilityChange Leadership

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