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Description

Leading Change: Preparing, Engaging Teams and Embedding New Practices

Deliver a reorganisation or a new system by addressing resistance rather than working around it

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

A change announced in a meeting and then launched without preparation rarely produces the intended effect. Teams carry on with their old habits, objections surface through informal channels and the project stalls, to the point where senior management concludes there is a motivation problem when the difficulties are usually organisational.

These two days structure change management from the manager's standpoint. You analyse the operational impacts, identify the stakeholders to mobilise, build communication step by step and define how to verify that the new practices are genuinely being adopted.

Learning objectives

  • Analyse the impacts of a change on the roles concerned
  • Identify the stakeholders to mobilise and the support expected from each
  • Build a communication plan paced by the project milestones
  • Respond to the objections raised by teams
  • Define indicators to track adoption
  • Organise the lessons-learned review after go-live

What makes this programme different

Each participant's real change project runs as the thread through the two days
A stakeholder map is produced and then tested against the views of the other participants
The most sensitive objections are role-played in one-to-one settings and reworked until the response holds

Programme

1Reading the Change to Be Led

From intentions to real impacts

  • Nature of the change and the scale of disruption for each role
  • Analysis of impacts on the organisation and working practices
  • Common reactions to the loss of familiar reference points
  • What the change takes away from the teams concerned

2Identifying the Stakeholders

Who supports, who doubts, who blocks

  • Mapping stakeholders by position and influence
  • Selecting the champions to mobilise first
  • Handling openly declared opposition
  • The role of middle managers in the roll-out

3Communicating and Engaging

Explain, involve, reassure

  • Key messages aligned with each project milestone
  • Choosing the right moments and formats for dialogue
  • Involving teams in designing the solutions
  • Responding to objections and rumours

4Embedding the New Practices

After go-live

  • Supporting the first weeks of use
  • Spotting reversions to former practices
  • Adoption indicators and review points
  • Lessons learned and adjustments

Who is it for

Managers and project leaders responsible for rolling out a reorganisation, a new system or a new way of working within their teams.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.