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Badges
After successful completion of the various modules, successful candidates will receive the following badges for each of the different training programs they completed:
Kotter Change Certification Program.
Course 1
Foundations of Change.
Module 1: The Science of change.
Module 2: Core Change Principles.
Module 3: Leading Change Framework.
Course 2
Engaging Stakeholders to Spark a Movement.
Module 1: Igniting Urgency.
Module 2: Building a Guiding Coalition.
Course 3
Selling your Case for Change.
Module 1: Forming a Strategic Change Vision.
Module 2: Enlisting a Volunteer Army to Gain Buy-In.
Course 4
Essential Change Toolkit.
Module 1: Barriers to Change.
Module 2: Influential Team Members Who Discourage Action.
Module 3: Lack of Confidence or Skills.
Module 4: Structures & Systems that Prevent Progress.
Course 5
Accelerating Results.
- Module 1: Elements of a Wins Strategy.
- Module 2: Activating a Winning Mindset.
- Module 3: The Practice of Winning.
Course 6
Achieving Lasting Change.
Module 1: Sustaining Acceleration.
Module 2: Instituting Change.
Duration:
30-35 hours of total learning (including interactive activities, practical exercises, and reflection time) across six courses.
Attendees:
The Kotter Change Certification Program is designed for those who are leading change and those who are guiding teams and organisations that are navigating change. This program is for you if you are looking to meet professional development goals, add change certification to your credentials, or simply be better equipped to lead through change.
About the Course:
Foundational knowledge and understanding of the Science of Change, including the neuroscience of change, the implications of the modern organizational structure, and Kotter’s proven framework for leading change.
Specific tactics and techniques to help you apply each of Kotter’s 8 Accelerators and 4 Change Principles to current and future change efforts.
Specific tactics and techniques to help you apply each of Kotter’s 8 Accelerators and 4 Change Principles to current and future change efforts.
FOUNDATIONS OF CHANGE
Part 1: The Science of Change.
1. Human nature, including human hardwiring and how the Survive and Thrive Channels impacts whether we embrace or resist change.
2. The design and limitations of the modern organisation.
3. Proven strategies and principles for leading change.
Part 2: Core Change Principles.
Principle 1: Management & Leadership.
Principle 2: Head & Heart.
Principle 3: Have to & Want to.
Principle 4: Select Few & Diverse Many.
Part 3: Leading Change Framework (8 Accelerators).
1. Creating a Sense of Urgency.
2. Building a guiding coalition.
3. Forming a Strategic Vision.
4. Enlisting a Volunteer Army.
5. Enabling Action by Removing Barriers.
6. Generating Short-Term Wins.
7. Sustaining Acceleration.
Duration:
6 Hours.
Attendees:
Mid-level Managers.
Change Leaders.
More Senior and more Junior Managers.
Everybody can benefit from this essential course.
About the Course:
Learn about Kotter’s understanding of human nature and response to threats and opportunities.
The limitations of traditional organizational structures.
Kotter’s research on effective strategies, principles, and tactics for leading complex change.
Be able to articulate how Science of Change impacts their personal change efforts or those within their organisation.
Have a new awareness and understanding of human hardwiring and how our natural Survive and Thrive channels manifest in the context of leading change.
Be able to apply the language of Kotter’s 8 Accelerators and 4 Principles to their work.
Understand how to apply the core framework of effective change to their own change and identify ways to increase success.
ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS TO SPARK A MOVEMENT.
Part 1: Igniting true Urgency.
Participants will explore the difference between true urgency, false urgency, and complacency. They will decipher how to identify each and will learn how to ignite true urgency using an understanding of various change styles that they can expect to encounter in their change efforts. Participants will also practice communicating for urgency using a series of tips and tactics for building and maintaining urgency throughout the course of any transformation.
Part 2: Building a guiding coalition.
Once participants have practiced building and maintaining urgency for their changes, they will learn about the role of Guiding Coalitions in coordinating, scaling, and sustaining change. They will explore the characteristics of an effective Guiding Coalition and learn how to recruit and build a Guiding Coalition that will help them to move changes forward with far greater chances of success.
Duration:
6 Hours.
Attendees:
It is ideal for change leaders who are either at the beginning of a change effort or are amid a transformation and are struggling to build sufficient momentum for the change.
While not required, we recommend completing Foundations of Change prior to taking this course.
About the Course:
Apply core principles of effective change to their own change initiative(s) and identify ways to enhance their success.
Recognize behaviours that occur when people are on board, truly urgent, and actively supporting a change.
More effectively engage others in change by addressing their diverse needs, with an emphasis on building an increased sense of urgency.
Articulate why a Guiding Coalition is uniquely positioned as an essential driver for successful change.
Have a new awareness and understanding of human hardwiring and how our natural Survive and Thrive channels manifest in the context of leading change.
Recruit and engage a diverse set of people who can have the greatest impact on guiding the successful realization of the change.
Craft a concrete Action Plan for advancing your individual change initiative(s).
SELLING YOUR CASE FOR CHANGE.
Part 1: Forming your Strategic Change Vision.
While you can build authentic, true urgency around a Big Opportunity, people need to understand what the future should (or could) look like, in terms that are rational, practical, and actionable as well as to guide their contributions and efforts. In this module, participants will learn the elements of an inspiring Change Vision and will practice crafting and applying an effective vision
Part 2: Enlisting a Volunteer Army to gain buy-in.
Every change will be faced with barriers to success… and many of those barriers come in the form of people who are not sufficiently bought into the case for change.
In this module, participants will prepare for sceptics and resistors by learning how to handle objections and challenges to their changes.
A fictional story (informed by real-world cases) guides their practice, providing opportunities to test their skills in a fun, interactive format.
Duration:
6 Hours
Attendees:
Selling Your Case for Change is for anyone ready to move from initial momentum-building into more concrete execution of change. It is also for those preparing to pitch their change to an unpredictable or challenging audience.
While not required, we recommend completing Foundations of Change prior to taking this course.
About the Course:
Be able to articulate how the Science of Change impacts their personal change efforts or those within their organization.
Have a new awareness and understanding of human hardwiring and how our natural Survive and Thrive channels manifest in the context of leading change.
Be able to apply the language of Kotter’s 8 Accelerators and 4 Change Principles to their work.
Understand how to apply the core framework of effective change to their own change and identify ways to increase their success.
ESSENTIAL CHANGE TOOLKIT.
Part 1: Recognise, Identify, and Understand Barriers to Change.
Every change is met with inevitable roadblocks. The good news is that many of these obstacles are predictable, and all can be overcome. In this module, participants will learn how to get ahead of the most common barriers to change, including influential team members who discourage action; critical gaps in skills or confidence; and structures and systems that prevent progress.
Part 2: Enable action by removing barriers / Tools Workshop.
It’s one thing to be able to recognize barriers to change, but identifying the problem does not solve it. In these modules, participants will practice using specific tools that will help to build support for their change and enable action, including:
• Stakeholder mapping
• Stakeholder engagement planning
• Change impact analysis
• Communications planning
Duration:
6 Hours.
Attendees:
Essential Change Toolkit is for anyone looking to acquire a robust set of tools and skills for navigating common roadblocks to change.
While not required, we recommend completing Foundations of Change prior to taking this course.
About the Course:
Be able to describe the most likely sources and types of barriers and resistance to change.
Understand the tools for removing barriers to change.
Know how to create effective stakeholder engagement strategies.
Be able to craft communication plans that broadly engage others in the change vision.
Create conditions for expanding empowered action to accelerate key changes.
Apply practices for equipping others to drive key changes and overcome structural and systemic barriers to change.
ACCELERATING RESULTS.
Part 1: Elements of a Wins Strategy.
Wins – small and large – are a function of our actions, our environment, and our mindset. In this module, participants will learn to identify barriers to winning and craft a wins roadmap.
The model they will use includes how to lead, generate, discover, celebrate, and communicate wins.
Part 2: Activating a Winning Mindset.
Urgency around a Big Opportunity inspires wins by helping to answer the question “What are we running towards?” Clarity around and belief in the vision of the future encourage the mindset needed to successfully implement change. Simply stated: the message matters. In this module, participants will learn how to move people from “won’t” to “will” through building a winning mindset.
Part 3: The Practice of Winning.
Our research and our work with clients constantly remind us of the significance of early, blockbuster results as an accelerant of change. In this module, participants will learn the key ingredients of generating high-impact, short-term wins along with approaches for achieving big, results-focused goals.
Duration:
6 Hours.
Attendees:
Accelerating Results is ideal for change leaders at all levels who are seeking to drive wins of all sizes to promote urgency and buy-in. It is also for those who must deliver high-impact, strategically important proof progress.
While not required, we recommend completing Foundations of Change prior to taking this course.
About the Course:
Explain how wins motivate teams and create momentum in the context of change.
Lead, engineer, and encourage wins.
Describe the impact that measurable and consistent results can have on accelerating your change.
Capture, celebrate, and communicate wins.
Overcome barriers to winning while creating a winning mindset and environment for your change
ACHIEVING LASTING SUCCESS
Part 1: Sustaining Acceleration.
Change is a marathon, not a sprint. And just like an endurance runner, we must incorporate moments of pause and reflection if we are to keep moving forward at pace. In this module, participants will learn how to diagnose the status of their change, and then explore ways to remain in Thrive and re-energize their organization when Urgency wanes.
Part 2: Instituting Change.
One of the biggest challenges to any change is getting it to stick. Entrenched cultural behaviours and organizational systems can all-too-easily cause us to fall back into old ways of working. In this module, participants will learn why adaptable cultures are more likely to succeed and how to identify attributes of agility within their organization. They will then learn how to assess their management systems and processes to ensure the new ways of working are positively reinforced.
Duration:
6 Hours.
Attendees:
Achieving Lasting Change is designed for leaders at all levels who are ready to plan for scale and sustainability of the changes they are implementing.
While not required, we recommend completing Foundations of Change prior to taking this course.
About the Course:
Define approaches for capitalizing on growing momentum for a change to drive impact.
Reenergize key people who are driving the change to move through setbacks and ongoing resistance.
Capture improvements and results to show how new practices are improving performance.
Identify successful new habits and practices that can make the change sustainable.
Apply strategies for identifying and adjusting key processes and systems required to anchor changes in place.
FAQ’S ON TRAINING:
What will I be learning?
Comprised of the six core Kotter change leadership courses, the Change Certification Program offers an intensive and comprehensive education into Kotter’s methodology and underlying frameworks.
How do I get certified?
You must complete all the relevant courses in the Change Certification Program and pass each course exam.
How long does it take?
Each course can be completed in roughly 6 hours, with the full certification program taking approximately 30-35 hours to complete.
What are the different ways training is provided?
Training is done in the following ways:
- In-person: Programs can be delivered through instructor lead classroom-based training.
- On-line: Programs can be delivered through instructor lead on-line based training.
- Self-pace: Training can also be done through self-paced training on the Kotter portal
Can organisations “pick and choose” between programs to address their specific needs?
Organisations are allowed to “pick and choose” and add parts of different programs into a training program to address their organizational needs.
Who will be the instructors of the training?
All instructors are Kotter Change Certified and authorized Kotter trainers.