APMG International Change Management Certification

The APMG Change Management course (developed in collaboration with the Change Management Institute) is designed to help organisations and their people manage the impact of change and provide techniques to effectively plan and implement successful transformation initiatives.

The course is based on the Effective Change Manager’s Handbook – aligned to the Institute’s Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK). It explores how change affects, and is affected by, individuals, teams, organisations and change leaders, equipping individuals with the knowledge, theories and techniques to:

• Unlock resistance to change
• Provide effective support and motivation to individuals and teams to embrace change
• Draw from a range of professional approaches to implement change smoothly and effectively
• Manage and inform key stakeholders throughout the change process
• Speed up the implementation of change initiatives.

The course certification is offered at two levels – Foundation and Practioner

Who it is for

• Anyone interested in understanding the basic principles of achieving successful organizational change, transition or transformation.
• Team members involved in organizational change, transition or transformation projects.
• Professionals pursuing the Change Management Practitioner certificate – for which the Change Management Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite.

Key Things to Learn

• How the process of organizational change or transformation occurs.
• The roles needed to assemble teams most likely to achieve successful organizational change.
• How people react to organizational change and how to help them adapt.
• Developing strategies to keep people motivated while an organization undergoes change.
• The different types of change process e.g. planned and emergent change.
• How to keep stakeholders engaged while an organization undergoes change.

What is required

• The Change Management Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite.

Who it is For

• Aspiring or current managers of organizational change, transition or transformation.
• Those performing key roles in the design, development and delivery of of organizational change programmes, including:
  • Change Project Managers
  • Transformation Managers
  • Senior Responsible Owners
  • Business Change Managers
  • Change Programme Managers
  • Operational Line Managers

Key Things to Learn

• Applying appropriate process frameworks to optimally plan and understand organisational change.
• A range of organisation paradigms with which to understand, support and sustain organisational change processes.
• How to properly prepare for an organisational change initiative – such as building an effective change team and offering insights which enhance the team’s performance.
• Preparing people for organisational change.
• How to be motivational in ways that’s empathetic towards peoples’ roles and personalities.
• How to establish a clear framework of roles, skills and activities through which leaders can support and sustain the change process.