Driving Change with the McKinsey 7s Model Training Course

Target Audience:

This course is designed for all staff seeking a broader perspective on the Change Process to achieve optimal outcomes for their respective areas of the business.

Course Format

The learning experience combines the following elements:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Exercises and Case Studies

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the fundamental Change Strategies that support organizational change planning
• Understand the application and significance of the 9 Change Principles
• Develop a Change Plan tailored to their specific area of the business

This intensive one-day programme empowers senior managers and key decision-makers with the necessary tools, strategies, and confidence to effectively lead organizational change. It covers both the technical and human aspects of change, enabling participants to manage resistance, inspire commitment, and achieve sustainable transformation. Through a blend of theoretical knowledge, real-world case studies, and practical exercises, participants will gain a clear roadmap for initiating, managing, and embedding change within their organizations.

This one-day Change Management course provides employees with practical tools and strategies to navigate and adapt to organizational changes, even without formal decision-making authority. The training emphasizes understanding the nature of change, managing personal and team reactions, and maintaining productivity and morale during transitions. Participants will explore how change affects individuals, discover methods for reducing 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 in Norway (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 highly interactive two-day course that combines teaching, group discussions and a fully immersive simulation to illustrate how the Kanban Method helps individuals, teams, and organisations to manage and improve the delivery of products and services to their customers.

The Kanban Method provides pragmatic, actionable, evidence-based guidance for successful evolutionary change. It starts with what you do now and pursues evolutionary change while respecting current roles, responsibilities and job titles, and encouraging leadership at all levels. This allows organisations to evolve business processes gradually, define and use relevant metrics to measure progress, and significantly reduce the risks associated with complex change programmes.

You will leave this course with knowledge of the Kanban principles and general practices, and skills that will enable you to apply Kanban with confidence in your organisation.

What Will You Learn?
- Identify internal and external sources of dissatisfaction
- Analyse demand vs 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?
Anyone who is involved in product development or knowledge work. This includes but is not limited to the following:
Programme and delivery managers
Product and project managers
Product developers, software developers and testers
People working in operations or support
Business analysts
High-level management
Anyone interested in implementing Agile in their organisation

Target Audience: Managers seeking to enhance productivity by implementing 5S and ensuring they establish this critical concept correctly from the outset.

This training course is designed for professionals across all industries. It can be customized for settings such as dental clinics, laboratories, and office environments. While not intended for academic study, it provides practical guidance on implementing 5S.

The course is tailored for leaders and change agents who wish to introduce 5S effectively.

Each participant will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience through various exercises that demonstrate the effectiveness of 5S.

Upon completing the training, you will:

• Understand how 5S works and improve efficiency by 10 to 30%
• Identify sources of waste and improve profitability
• Grasp the rationale behind the five-step process and know how to implement it
• Access the tools and procedures needed to enhance processes
• Create a concrete plan to introduce 5S to your workplace

If you are considering improving workplace efficiency, securing more orders, satisfying customers, and enhancing safety, this course is essential for you.

This live, instructor-led training (available online or in-person) is designed for beginner to intermediate professionals who want to effectively introduce, implement, and sustain 5S practices in their organization.

Are you facing challenges in implementing Agile within your organization? Is the prescribed change too rigid? Do your teams feel overburdened and less productive, yet remain resistant to radical transformation?

Opt for the \u201cAlternative Path to Agility\u201d and adopt an evolutionary and humane Change Management approach that enhances, rather than disrupts, your existing processes.

The Kanban Method offers practical, actionable, and evidence-based guidance for achieving successful evolutionary change. It begins by acknowledging your current practices and respecting existing roles, responsibilities, and job titles. This approach enables organizations to gradually evolve business processes, define and utilize relevant metrics to track progress, and significantly reduce the risks associated with complex change initiatives.

If your team is overwhelmed, Kanban can help you regain control of your work. It introduces a new technique for dynamically managing your workflow and exposing bottlenecks.

This training equips you with the skills and knowledge necessary to apply Kanban in your daily work, teaching you how to determine what tasks to prioritize now, which to defer, and which to remove from your to-do list entirely.

Learning Outcomes

This 1-day course covers the fundamentals of the Kanban Method® and serves as the entry point and starting stage for an alternative path to agility.

Participants will gain familiarity with the Kanban Method. They will be able to design and implement a basic Kanban board. They will understand different types of work items and the risks associated with specific items. They will be acquainted with various Team Kanban board designs and styles, knowing how to select the design best suited to their context. Additionally, they will be aware of the training roadmap and the value and benefits derived at each step along the \u201calternative path to agility.\u201d

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for any professional involved in a product development or knowledge work environment who wishes to discover how Kanban can help improve working conditions. Kanban is applicable across multiple organizational functions, from senior staff members looking to adopt Lean Management to delivery team members aiming to enhance their working practices. Previous participants have included professionals in 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