Managing change - a training course for managers 

The London based "Skills with People" training course is relevant for you if you want to improve your skills at managing change.  The course is particularly appealing to technically high-powered managers and professional people who have reached a level in their careers where the technical competence that has brought them success in the past are no longer enough now they have to deal with other people's competing ideas and priorities and manage conflicts.

When managing change you need to be able win other people's confidence and co-operation - often in an atmosphere of anxiety and suspicion where there is likely to be resistance to change.  One of the most frequently requested topics on the course is "How to run a meeting when you have to introduce something emotive and controversial where you anticipate vocal and enthusiastic resistance".  It is often an enormous eye-opener to them that it is possible to simultaneously allow other people freedom to interrupt while at the same time keeping control of the meeting.

One of the most valuable and distinctive features of this course is that in addition to a understanding of the theory participants practise applying it, under close supervision, to the kinds of situations you have to handle at work.  Instead of setting fictitious role-playing exercises the trainers help you re-create the situations that are hardest for you to handle at work.

See also the "Skills with People" course contents