UMKC - The Bloch School

 
As uncertainty, extreme complexity, and continual market shifts become the norm for today’s leaders, leading and managing change requires new ways of thinking and new behaviors. This course takes the “tried and true” best practice models for leading change and adds “next practices” – the new behaviors and roles leaders must master to build and sustain their organizations in this new order.

The course uses a variety of vehicles – readings, case studies, and experiences -- to engage you in timely, real business scenarios; and to provide you with the latest research, relevant models, and practical ideas for effective change management. Special emphasis is placed on the human impacts of change, including the roles of organization culture and symbolic communication.

 Over the course of the day, you will generate new insights and learning that will help you:

• Sharpen your critical thinking skills in assessing the scope and impact of change.
• Develop practical structures and approaches to leading successful change initiatives (and managing the obstacles).
• Diagnose the micro-behaviors that may be keeping you from optimal, ongoing change management.
• Create a toolkit of approaches and roles that you can use for engaging and leading the people you need in environments of uncertainty.
• Re-energize your own passion for building a resilient and adaptive work group or organization.

Current and emerging leaders in business, non-profit, and government who are looking to or are currently transitioning into new leadership roles, especially in large organizations.

Instructor: Doranne Hudson
Class Length: 1 Day
Cost: $795

Instructor Bio:

Doranne Hudson is an Executive-in- Residence at The Bloch School. Hudson has worked for 23 years in marketing and general management at The Gillette Company and Hallmark Cards, where she was Senior Vice President. She served on the corporate executive council, the North America management team, and the Hallmark UK Board of Directors. Hudson received a B.A. in Psychology from Duke University, summa cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. She currently serves on the executive committee of the UMKC Board of Trustees and on the board of directors for the Central Exchange, Kansas City Public Television, and Midwest Research Institute.