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Description

Navigating Change: Understanding Your Reactions, Adjusting and Finding New Footing

Two days to move through a reorganisation actively rather than passively, by understanding your own adaptation stages

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

A department is merged, a familiar tool is replaced, a line manager changes. Reactions range from immediate buy-in to silent refusal, and everyone judges everyone else. Without reference points to read what is happening, the period drags on and energy is spent on corridor commentary.

This 14-hour programme focuses on changes that we do not decide ourselves. It describes the adaptation stages commonly observed, helps you locate your own reactions, provides practical ways to handle uncertainty day to day, and looks for the room for manoeuvre that remains even within an imposed framework.

Learning objectives

  • Describe the adaptation stages commonly observed when facing change
  • Locate your own reactions within the course of a transition
  • Distinguish what is imposed from what remains open to initiative
  • Handle uncertainty without fuelling internal rumours
  • Identify the sources of support available in your working environment

What makes this programme different

A focus on imposed change rather than on projects we choose ourselves
Reference points for locating your own reactions and those of colleagues
A systematic search for room for manoeuvre within an imposed framework

Programme

1What Is Really Happening During Change

Reference points on adaptation reactions

  • Stages commonly observed during a transition
  • Variation in pace from one person to another
  • Signs that a blockage is setting in
  • Effect of repeated change on a team

2Locating Your Own Reactions

Observing yourself without self-judgement

  • Identifying your current position in the transition
  • Identifying what you lose and what you gain
  • Distinguishing well-founded concern from imagined scenarios
  • Voicing your reservations in a usable form

3Living with Uncertainty Day to Day

Working without all the information

  • Sorting verified information from corridor talk
  • Questions to ask management and choosing the right person to approach
  • Organising your work in short cycles
  • Protecting your energy during the unclear period

4Regaining Room for Manoeuvre

Acting where action is possible

  • Taking stock of what remains within your control
  • Concrete proposals to put forward within the new framework
  • Internal support and relays you can call on
  • Skills to develop for what comes next

Who is it for

Employees and teams affected by a reorganisation, a change of tool or a shift in the scope of their role.

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.