Driving Change with the McKinsey 7s Model Training Course

This immersive one-day program empowers senior executives and key decision-makers with the necessary tools, strategic insights, and confidence to effectively guide organizational change. The course balances the technical aspects of change with the human element, ensuring participants can overcome resistance, foster commitment, and achieve lasting transformation. Through a blend of theoretical concepts, real-world case studies, and practical exercises, attendees will depart with a comprehensive roadmap to initiate, manage, and institutionalize change within their respective organizations.

This 1-day Change Management course empowers employees with practical tools and strategies to navigate and adapt to organizational changes, even without formal decision-making authority. The training centers on understanding the nature of change, managing personal and team reactions, and sustaining productivity and morale during transitions. Participants will explore how change impacts individuals, discover methods to reduce resistance, and practice resilience-building techniques to thrive in evolving work environments. By the end of the course, participants will be able to apply change management principles to their own roles, enhancing both their adaptability and their contribution to organizational success.

This instructor-led live training, offered online or onsite, is aimed at stressed individuals who wish to deal with their stress effectively and achieve a calmer, clearer and more energetic state in daily life.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the two types of stress: distress and eustress.
• Articulate your personal indicators and relievers of stress.
• Create a plan with specific routines to enhance calm, clarity and energy, while minimizing stress accumulated in the day.
• Shift negative emotions and boost positive ones using proven techniques.
• Deal with stress-causing disempowering beliefs around work, life, and relationships.

Kanban Management Professional 1 (KMP1) is a dynamic, two-day programme that blends instruction, collaborative discussions, and an immersive simulation to demonstrate how the Kanban Method enables individuals, teams, and organisations to effectively manage and enhance the delivery of products and services to their customers.

The Kanban Method offers practical, actionable, and evidence-based guidance for implementing successful evolutionary change. It begins with your current practices and facilitates gradual evolution while respecting existing roles, responsibilities, and job titles, while also fostering leadership at every level. This approach allows organisations to gradually refine business processes, define and utilise relevant metrics to track progress, and significantly mitigate the risks associated with complex change initiatives.

Upon completing this course, you will gain a solid understanding of Kanban principles and general practices, along with the skills necessary to confidently apply Kanban within your organisation.

What Will You Learn?
- Identify internal and external sources of dissatisfaction
- Analyse demand versus capability
- Model the knowledge discovery process
- Design Kanban systems and their visualisations
- Identify and prioritise improvements
- Choose cadences for activities
- Identify classes of service

Who Is This Course For?
This course is suitable for anyone involved in product development or knowledge work. This includes, but is not limited to:
Programme and delivery managers
Product and project managers
Product developers, software developers, and testers
Professionals working in operations or support roles
Business analysts
Senior management
Anyone interested in implementing Agile principles in their organisation

Target Audience: Managers seeking to boost productivity through the implementation of 5S, ensuring they establish this essential methodology correctly from the outset.

This training program is designed for professionals across all industries and can be customized for various settings, including dental clinics, laboratories, and office environments. Rather than focusing on academic theory, it provides practical guidance on how to effectively apply 5S principles.

The course is ideal for leaders and change agents who wish to introduce 5S in a way that ensures long-term success.

Participants will gain hands-on experience through a series of exercises designed to demonstrate the tangible benefits of 5S.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Grasp how 5S enhances operational efficiency, potentially increasing it by 10 to 30 percent.
• Identify sources of waste and implement strategies to improve profitability.
• Understand the rationale behind the five-step process and learn how to implement it effectively.
• Utilize the necessary tools and procedures to streamline and improve business processes.
• Create a concrete action plan to introduce 5S into your specific workplace.

If you are looking to enhance workplace efficiency, secure more orders, satisfy customers, and improve safety, this course is an indispensable investment.

This instructor-led training, offered online or onsite, targets beginners to intermediate-level professionals who aim to effectively introduce, implement, and sustain 5S practices in their organizations.

Are you facing challenges when implementing Agile practices within your organization? Do you find the prescribed methods too rigid? Are your teams burdened and less productive, yet resistant to radical transformation?

Opt for the “Alternative Path to Agility” by adopting an evolutionary and humane Change Management approach that enhances your existing processes rather than overhauling them.

The Kanban Method offers pragmatic, actionable, and evidence-based guidance for achieving successful evolutionary change. It builds upon your current practices, respecting existing roles, responsibilities, and job titles. This approach enables organizations to gradually evolve business processes, establish relevant metrics to track progress, and significantly mitigate the risks associated with complex change initiatives.

If your team is feeling overwhelmed, Kanban can help you regain control of your work. It serves as a dynamic technique for managing your workflow and exposing bottlenecks.

This training equips you with the necessary skills and knowledge to apply Kanban in your daily work, teaching you how to prioritize current tasks, defer others for later, and permanently remove items from your to-do list.

Learning Outcomes

This one-day course introduces the fundamentals of the Kanban Method® and serves as the entry point to an alternative path toward agility.

Participants will become familiar with the Kanban Method. They will learn to design and implement a basic Kanban board, understand various work item types and their associated risks, and explore different Team Kanban board designs and styles. Attendees will know how to select the most suitable design for their specific context. They will also gain awareness of the training roadmap, understanding the value and benefits available at each stage of the “alternative path to agility.”

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for any professional involved in product development or knowledge work environments who wishes to discover how Kanban can enhance working conditions. Kanban is applicable across multiple organizational functions, ranging from senior staff aiming to adopt Lean Management to delivery team members seeking to improve their working practices. Past participants have held roles such as:

• Senior Management Positions (CxO)
• Program and Project Managers
• Product Managers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts
• Scrum Team Members
• Scrum Masters, Team Leads, and Change Agents
• Product & Software Developers & Testers
• Agile Coaches & Practitioners (Scrum, XP, DSDM, AgilePM, etc.)
• Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals