This course will be offered in our 2025 workplan. 

Change Management is so much more than training people or communicating what's new. It requires significant preparation and critical leadership skills to both implement a desired initiative and empower people to embrace the change within their current environment. Understanding the ways in which managing change can reduce barriers to adaptation to change and lead to a more fluid, dynamic organization. This course is intended for local government managers and leaders who want to learn and explore this key leadership competency.

Guiding your team through change can be challenging. Using self-paced activities combined with virtual webinars, this online course will provide local government leaders with the strategies they need to identify and plan for the stages of change, recognize and evaluate the impact of change, and apply change strategies that support strategic priorities and put the structures in place to foster lasting change.

Pre-work available on Moodle

Module 1: Introduction to Change Management (and assignment)

Module 2: Designing and Executing Change (and assignment)

Module 3: Reinforcing Change (and assignment)

Course Format: This online course includes three x 90-minute facilitated online webinars with Q&As and an overview of the assignments. Participants attend the webinars; review additional resource documents; and will have five days to complete their assignments for each session; submit their assignments for review and receive coaching and direct feedback before the next assignments are due. Participants should plan for 1-2 hours of self-paced activities per Module. This course also includes additional coaching support from local government volunteer HR coaches who can assist participants with applying course learning to the local government context.

Review the 2023 course brochure for reference only.