Change Leadership school training courses in Durham, NC (public, in-house or online)

Duke Executive Education is pleased to announce the Climate Change Leadership Program starting in 2007. There is a fast-growing consensus that international action to reduce emissions is urgently needed �for economic as well as environmental reasons. In response, Duke University Executive Education and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Cambridge University, and The Climate Group have collaborated in the first international partnership of its kind to address this issue. ...

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Whether adopting new technology or adapting to a drastic shift in an organization’s core focus, managers play a fundamental role in effecting changes. Based on D. Quinn Mills’ book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course addresses the key issues managers face in a dynamic environment. By understanding the steps in effecting change and how to overcome resistance, a manager can successfully lead change at various levels of an organizatio...

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Today’s management professionals seeking to broaden and expand on their experience in organizational leadership and change management require specialized knowledge and skills. In this industry-current curriculum, students will have an opportunity to learn how to investigate and analyze leadership roles and responsibilities and discuss organizational behavior and organization development theory. They will also be challenged to research and discuss individual and group reaction to change as t...

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While many find it hard to admit, we are predominately creatures of habit. We prefer the known to the unknown, the familiar to the unfamiliar. Unfortunately, as current times remind us, the rate of change continues to accelerate and there is little that we can do to avoid it. If we try to resist it, we are going to be left behind - in our careers and our personal lives. The good news is that there are tangible skills we can learn to adapt to this change, which once learned can help others to mas...

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List the organizational factors that can make or break your project
Describe how each project role can contribute to organizational adoption
Identify and leverage your built-in support team
Uncover what is needed to make your audience successful
Design a marketing campaign that can deliver your message
Gain a deeper appreciation of what it means to deal with resistance to change
Manage organizational change as a project
Write and implement an organizational change plan
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