Leading Change
Apply transformational leadership skills and change management techniques to lead through change. Currently only available for organisations. Register individual interest below:
Leading Change
$1350.00 AUD (inc GST)
What you will learn
Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.
Managing change relies on effective leadership to succeed.
This course is ideal for leaders and professionals from any sector seeking research-backed skills and strategies to facilitate workplace transformation.
Explore transformational leadership and other models
Explore critical aspects of the change process, including effectively communicating with employees and consulting with internal and external stakeholders. Learn to draw on foundational theories, such as transformational leadership, to foster a supportive climate of change.
Evaluate models of change and leadership
Critically evaluate core models that inform contemporary understandings of how to lead organisational change, such as Lewin's three-step and Kotter's eight-step models. Examine their implications for planning and implementing effective change processes, and the role leaders should play.
Analyse organisational capacity for change
Learn to analyse organisational systems and capabilities to generate interventions supporting change and transformation.
Address challenges and sustain change
Harness strategies that can help overcome barriers to internal organisational change, including disruptive events and crises. Support individuals and teams to embed behaviours that align with anticipated change outcomes, and sustain successful change within your organisation.
More from this series
Take multiple courses to deepen your knowledge or stack towards a full degree.
The Adaptive Leadership series
This series gives leaders and aspiring leaders the core knowledge, skills and tools to navigate leadership opportunities and challenges in the context of digital transformation and dynamic competitive environments.
It's been developed in consultation with leading professional services organisations, major business stakeholder organisations, and human resource management and organisational development practitioners.
Explore more from the Adaptive Leadership series:
- Creativity and Innovation (Micro-credential)
- Ethical Judgement (Micro-credential)
- Personal Effectiveness (Micro-credential)
Fees
For individuals
To take Leading Change as a stand-alone micro-credential, you'll pay the normal course price.
$1350.00 AUD (inc GST)
Please contact Student Support to discuss discounts and payment options for University of Melbourne staff or alumni, or to pay by invoice.
For teams
If you have three or more team members who are keen to upskill with Leading Change, get in touch to discuss pricing. For large groups, we can also deliver and contextualise this course exclusively for your organisation.
Pricing on request
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Course details
Want to know more about micro-credentials? See our Frequently Asked Questions
Leading Change is designed for a diverse range of professionals seeking to develop their leadership ability and knowledge.
You might be an emerging leader, seeking to enhance your leadership capabilities to complement technical knowledge and expertise, or someone wanting to advance into more senior leadership positions across any sector or organisation.
The course is also suited more broadly to anyone wanting to build their competence, capability and confidence as they progress through various career stages and job changes.
There are no eligibility requirements.
This course will equip you with the leadership skills to navigate unique challenges and opportunities in Australia and globally.
It's been developed in consultation with leading professional services organisations, major business stakeholder organisations, and human resource management and organisational development practitioners.
It aligns with the Australian Human Resource Institute accreditation criteria and the Society for Human Resource Management certification.
By the end of this course, you'll have enhanced leadership skills and a deeper understanding of how to lead change in your organisation. You'll be able to:
- Apply models of leadership that support effective individuals and teams to adapt routines and behaviours that align with anticipated change outcomes
- Critically evaluate models of change and their implications for planning and implementing effective change processes
- Apply approaches of analysing organisational systems and capabilities to generate interventions that support organisational change and transformation
- Reflect upon strategies that may assist in overcoming barriers to internal organisational change, including leading and managing through disruptive events and crises.
This course runs over four weeks.
Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:
- 9 hours guided learning
- 13 hours private study, including discussion forums and readings
- 20 hours assessment tasks.
Assessment:
- A leadership development activity (60%)
- Short-answer questions to assess your leadership style (30%)
- Discussion forum and webinar participation (10%).
Leading Change is part of the Adaptive Leadership series, which provides a pathway towards the subject MGMT90264 Adaptive Leadership.
To use Leading Change this way, you need to complete all four micro-credentials from the Adaptive Leadership series, in any order you choose, and then apply for credit towards MGMT90264 Adaptive Leadership.
You can use the Managing Teams series in a similar way by completing all four micro-credentials in that series, in any order you choose, and then apply for credit towards the subject MGMT90265 Managing Teams.