Leaders play an important role in helping to prevent workplace issues and wrongdoing. This course gives leaders tools and strategies to create a more welcoming and respectful work environment. Interactive discussions, case studies and role-playing exercises will enhance learning. Leaders will be more prepared to:

This session will include an overview of organizational and individual change. A panel of U-M staff members will also share their experiences and lessons-learned to navigate change in the workplace. The panel will answer questions posed by the facilitator and participants if time allows.

You will learn to:

• Use organizational and personal change models when managing change initiatives 

• Explore commonalities and differences in navigating change across the university

Managers who understand organizational culture and climate can work to create an environment that is supportive, inclusive and values employees. This can lead to increased employee satisfaction, improved morale and higher levels of employee engagement. This foundational course provides managers with the tools and knowledge to lead a successful culture change journey within their team.

You will learn to:

• Determine the impact of supervisors on workplace culture and climate

• Implement positive changes to cultivate a supportive work environment

This foundational course will guide learners through the first step in embarking on a culture change journey. First, the course establishes a shared language for understanding and talking about what culture is, what climate is, and how the two are interrelated. Next, the course explores methods to affect climate and wraps up with a model for culture change. The model will help learners to consider principles and steps to create culture change that sticks. 

You will learn to:

• Define culture, climate and how they are interrelated

Since the late 1980s, change management has risen to the top of the list of challenges for senior leaders. Research continues to validate the finding that 65%-70% of strategic change initiatives fail to meet their stated objectives. And particularly in this current environment with such extreme uncertainty, the need for a strong organizational capability in change management is even more critical. Many change management models exist, but a few core themes continue to arise in the myriad of frameworks.

Many organizations are adept at developing long-term strategies and can even articulate strategic initiatives to promote the strategies. However, research indicates that over two-thirds of major strategic initiatives fail to be executed. This session presents recent research that identifies critical success factors in translating and progressing from strategy to execution. Specifically, the participants will explore the importance of clarity, teamwork, agility and culture in successfully implementing a strategy.