Management and Leadership

Developing Change Agility

• Traditional Classroom: 1/2-day
• Virtual Instructor-led: One 3-hour session or Two 90-minute sessions

In this type of fast-paced, dynamic work environment, change is not just inevitable, it’s constant. Adaptability and agility have become essential skills for professionals looking to thrive amidst uncertainty and rapid transformations. In this highly interactive session we will explore the key skills and abilities that individuals need to build in order to cultivate change agility, whether it’s technological advancements, market shifts, organizational restructuring, or other disruptions.

Target Audience

This course is designed for anyone interested in improving their ability to anticipate and embrace change.

Learning Objectives

• Distinguish between change and transition.
• Identify factors and forces that impact comfort levels with change.
• Describe the connection between growth mindset, resilience, and change agility.
• Articulate key skills associated with personal change agility.
• Self-assess on four domains of behavior that comprise learning agility.
• Identify concrete steps to take to build your personal change agility.

Course Outline

Getting Started

• Session Goal and Learning Objectives
• Jumpstart Question

What Is Change Agility?

• The Nature of Change
• Defining Change Agility
• Practices that Contribute to Change Agility
• Class Discussion: Your Comfort Level with Change

The ADKAR^® Framework

• Awareness
• Desire
• Knowledge
• Ability
• Reinforcement

Change Versus Transition

• Schlossberg’s Transition Theory

Developing a Growth Mindset

• Responding to Change
• Your Locus of Control
• Individual Activity: Identify a Change You’ve Successfully Moved Through
• Connecting Growth Mindset to Change Agility
• Individual and Group Activity: Build a Three Perspectives Map

Four Practices to Build Change Agility

• Seeking
• Adapting
• Experimenting
• Applying
• Self-Assessment: Change Agility Practices

Tools and Techniques

• Group Activity: Behaviors to Build Change Agility
• The Neuroscience of Learning

Summary and Action Planning

MDV4012-3 Course Code