Change Management Simulation Training that Works

“The change management simulation engaged the team and made the types of issues that occur through the change process real and provided thought provoking insights.”

Peter Gilsenan | EMEA Operations Director | Microsoft

“Mistakes teach us a tremendous amount, and we tend to remember them. The change management simulation lets you make mistakes without any real cost. And if you make them here in the program, you are less likely to make them on the job.”

Nancy Rothbard | Professor of Management | Wharton Business School

“The most engaging and well-designed change simulation on the market.”

Bill Pasmore | SVP, Global Organizational Leadership | Center for Creative Leadership

Description
Change initiatives often fail to deliver their full potential because people struggle to commit to a new way of doing things. Backed by more than 20 years of research, industry insights, and results, this proven change management simulation combines proven change management theory with hands-on practice in an engaging, low-risk simulation experience.

This change program has helped over 150,000 individuals and teams to better lead people through change.

Facilitated by our experts or your internally certified staff, this change management simulation training workshop teaches both the “what to do” and “how to be” of successful organizational change.

This 4- to 8-hour live or virtual change program simulates a year-in-the-life of a team leading change. Leaders and managers are challenged to roll up their sleeves and tackle a realistic change project in teams of four to six people. More than 75% of their time is spent on team-based project work where they must lead the full life-cycle of change.

Each change team logs into a simulation in which they are expected to manage change within a company that is pursuing a new business strategy. The goal for the teams is to get as many people within the simulated organization to understand and then buy into the proposed changes related to the new business strategy.

Change teams are expected to accomplish this within a specific budget and time frame. The latter part of the session includes discussions on the various changes going on within your organization and what needs to be done to manage the changes more effectively in your unique environment.

Learning Objectives
The change management simulation enables participants to explore change management theory and related best practices, apply their learning to real-world projects, and share knowledge with their peers in a safe space so that they can better:

Understand the business case for change
Agree upon the urgency of the business imperative driving the change
Actively engage and align key stakeholders with a new ways of doing things
Co-create a vision for change
Motivate and mobilize the organization to change
Experiment to generate and celebrate quick wins during change
Speak and act with a common change language
Build a highly engaged culture of strategy execution

This program has been conducted in leading executive MBA programs, deployed by nearly 50 percent of the Fortune 500 as part of their ongoing leadership development, incorporated into team-building events, and positioned as a key tool to help kick off a variety of critical change initiatives (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, new strategies, cultural shifts, reorganizations, digital transformations, and project kickoffs).

Target Audience
This program is for between 10 and 250 leaders, change agents, and stakeholders involved in critical change initiatives.

All participants receive a change toolkit including an Opportunity Threat Matrix, Force Field Analysis, Stakeholder Mapping, Behavioral Outcomes, Change Application Worksheet, Communication Plan, and Engagement Planner.

To speak with an LSA Expert about delivery for your teams, train-the-trainer certification, or how companies like the Adidas, Apple, Bayer, Boeing, Citibank, Exxon Mobil, Novartis, Porsche, Dell, Deloitte, Google, London Business School, Microsoft, Nestle, Nike, Novartis, and the U.S. Airforce have improved their ability to change, please contact us.

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You and your change management approach were exactly what we needed to create the clarity, transparency, and alignment for our ERP implementation from a leadership, change, and process perspective.

Thank you for navigating a high stakes, complex, and political process with thoughtfulness and practicality.

Martena Kusz
VP of Strategy

The most engaging and well-designed change simulation on the market.

Bill Pasmore
SVP, Global Organizational Leadership

LSA Global really shifted our perspective about strategic clarity and organizational culture.

The 3 C’s approach to workplace culture is very practical and really helps executive teams — even skeptical ones — ensure that your culture is healthy, high performing, and aligned.

Amy Cappellanti-Wolf
Chief Human Resources Officer

The change management simulation engaged the team and made the types of issues that occur through the change process real and provided thought provoking insights.

Peter Gilsenan
EMEA Operations Director

Thank you so much for being the right person with the right experience and expertise to lead our Executive Team in re-examining our approach to change leadership.

I’m grateful for how you engaged and challenged us with so many “holy crap!” insights and realizations that we needed.

Jeff Nally
Chief Coaching Officer & CHRO

Your team was amazing. Facilitative Leadership was one of the best leadership and change workshops my team has ever attended. Thank you!

Diane White
Executive Director, Head of Product Development

I can’t emphasize enough what a huge shift you helped to create for us as an organization. Thanks again for your change management consulting help and guidance.

The clarity, practicality, focus, and accountability are exactly what we needed to make this strategy and major transformation a success from a hearts and minds perspective.

Cris Alvarez
VP Corporate Strategy

The change management training and facilitation were excellent. The virtual change workshops really hit the mark because they were completely customized for our unique change initiative and culture.

I know I learned how to be a better change leader, and I will apply lessons learned on all initiatives going forward.

The customized change workshops also really opened the eyes of our change champions who are eager to apply the change tools.

Colleen Bell
EVP, Operations & Chief Fiduciary Service Officer

You have become our premier change leadership strategic partner. Your expertise in the human side of change is unparalleled and enabled our company to successfully implement our ERP Solution under challenging and ever-changing circumstances.

Thank you for your practical and outcome-oriented approach.

Ted Ramlet
CIO & SVP

Mistakes teach us a tremendous amount, and we tend to remember them. The change management simulation lets you make mistakes without any real cost. And if you make them here in the program, you are less likely to make them on the job.

Nancy Rothbard
Professor of Management