Leading Digital Transformation: Making Change Stick and Overcoming Resistance Training Course
Failures in digital transformation are rarely due to technological shortcomings. Instead, progress often stalls because teams lack a clear understanding of the objective, worry about shifts in their status or expertise, or subtly revert to previous workflows post-launch. Designed for intermediate-level managers, team leaders, and change professionals, this instructor-led live session (available online or on-site) focuses on implementing digital shifts that generate genuine buy-in, rather than mere passive acceptance.
Upon completion, participants will be equipped to:
• Analyse the root causes of transformation stalls and identify the key drivers of success.
• Identify and proactively manage the underlying sources of resistance.
• Develop a compelling change narrative leveraging quick wins and high-visibility sponsorship.
• Identify, empower, and support change agents while actively engaging middle management.
• Track actual adoption rates rather than just delivery milestones to sustain momentum post-launch.
Training Methodology
• Interactive lectures and facilitated discussions.
• Case studies drawn from banking and public sector initiatives.
• Practical exercises focused on creating a change plan for a participant’s specific project.
Customization Options
• To explore options for tailoring this training to your needs, please reach out to us for a consultation.
This course is available as onsite live training in Greece or online live training.Course Outline
Introduction
• Why transformations fail: technology-centric mindsets, ambiguous goals, and change fatigue.
Decoding Resistance
• Viewing resistance as valuable feedback.
• Understanding core objections related to status, competency, and autonomy.
Leading the Change
• Articulating a clear purpose, securing quick wins, and securing visible sponsorship.
• Applying Kotter’s 8 Steps and ADKAR models in practice, including their limitations.
• Leveraging change agents and champions: insights from the trainer’s experience as an Agile Champion in banking.
• The critical, often overlooked role of middle management.
Sustaining Change
• Engaging employees early in the design of new processes.
• Focusing metrics on adoption rather than mere delivery.
• Lessons from Bulgarian banking: analyzing successes and failures.
Practical Application
• Developing a concise change and stakeholder plan for a participant’s own initiative.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
Prerequisites
• No existing expertise in Agile methodologies or change management is necessary.
• Practical experience leading or working within teams in an established organization is expected.
Target Audience
• Managers and team leaders.
• Professionals heading transformation, change, or HR functions.
• Product Owners and Project Managers driving organizational change.
• Leaders in banking, insurance, the public sector, and corporate environments.
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