All staff have experienced unprecedented levels of change in the last 2 months, and as countries transition out of lockdown there will be further change to establish the “new normal”.

Effective Change Management techniques reduce stress and provide support to staff, reducing negative mental health impacts. Skills in managing Change are a core competence, at all levels of the organisation.

The ability to plan and develop Change and enthuse yourself and those around you to work in new ways is a core competence. It can make the difference between achieving our goals and feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty.

Melanie has extensive experience of building Change Management capability in organisations across the globe, in many industries and in the public and third sectors.

She will:

1. Define what change management means
2. Describe the core skills needed
3. Identify the benefits of training staff in managing change
4. Explain how APMG has developed a simple, intuitive scheme for developing these skills via a 2 day online course

Presenter: Melanie Franklin, (LinkedIn profile, @AgileMelanie) has a track record of excellence in project, programme and portfolio planning & delivery. She has set up and run the project management capability for several major corporates and has been responsible for the successful delivery of global transformational change programmes for over twenty years. Co-chair of the Change Management Institute in the UK, Melanie is a ‘Master’ level change practitioner and author of many books on change and project management including Managing Business Transformation: A Practical Guide; Agile Change Management: A Practical Framework for Successful Change Planning and Implementation.  and her newest book Communicating Change: How to control your own change initiative.