Leading Digital Transformation: Making Change Stick and Overcoming Resistance Training Course
Digital transformation initiatives rarely collapse due to technical limitations. Instead, they lose momentum when employees fail to grasp the underlying purpose, fear a decline in their professional standing, or silently revert to established routines post-launch. This instructor-led live training, available either online or on-site, is designed for intermediate-level managers, team leaders, and change champions who aspire to drive digital adoption that is embraced rather than merely endured.
Upon completing this program, participants will be equipped to:
• Articulate the root causes behind transformation stagnation and the key drivers of success.
• Identify the underlying sources of resistance and mitigate them proactively.
• Construct a compelling narrative for change, anchored in quick wins and executive visibility.
• Identify and empower change agents while effectively engaging middle management.
• Evaluate actual adoption rates rather than just delivery metrics, ensuring sustained momentum after launch.
Training Delivery Format
• Engaging lectures and facilitated discussions.
• Case studies drawn from the banking and public sectors.
• Hands-on exercises focused on developing a change strategy for a participant’s specific initiative.
Customization Availability
• For inquiries regarding bespoke training tailored to this curriculum, please reach out to us to discuss arrangements.
This course is available as onsite live training in Latvia or online live training.Course Outline
Introduction
• Examining why transformations falter: technology-centric approaches, lack of clarity, and change fatigue.
Analyzing Resistance
• Viewing resistance as a source of valuable feedback.
• Addressing core concerns: professional status, perceived competence, and loss of control.
Driving Change
• Establishing a clear rationale, securing quick wins, and ensuring visible sponsorship.
• Applying Kotter’s 8-step model and ADKAR in practice–identifying their limitations.
• Leveraging change agents and champions: insights from the trainer’s experience as an Agile Champion in the banking sector.
• Highlighting middle managers as the most critical yet often neglected group.
Sustaining Change
• Engaging staff in the early design phases of new processes.
• Focusing on adoption metrics rather than mere delivery completion.
• Lessons from Bulgarian banks: analyzing successful and unsuccessful implementations.
Practical Application
• Developing a concise change and stakeholder strategy for a participant’s personal project.
Wrap-up and Future Actions
Requirements
Entry Requirements
• No existing expertise in Agile methodologies or change management is necessary.
• Relevant experience in managing or leading teams within a structured organization.
Target Audience
• Managers and team leads.
• Leaders in transformation, change management, and HR.
• Product Owners and project managers responsible for driving change.
• Executives in banking, insurance, public sector, and corporate environments.
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