Australian College of Change Management Completes National Launch Program
Sydney, Australia – 19 November 2010. The Australian College of Change Management (ACCM) a division of UXC Training Group has secured a position as a premier destination for change management education with the completion of its national launch in Brisbane on 4th November.
During July through November, a series of ACCM course previews and guest speakers were presented at launch events in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane.
“The attendance of representatives from major banking and financial institutions, utility companies and government agencies has cemented ACCM’s position in the change management education space. Over 70 participants registered for the Sydney event and over 100 in Melbourne. “Response to our course previews and guest speakers has been overwhelmingly positive, particularly from project managers encountering change in their projects” said Lynn Nortje, Business Director, UXC Training Group
“The most popular session was Change Management for Project Manager’s and the consensus was that the ability to integrate change management into the project lifecycle is certainly needed in today’s project environment” says Nortje.
Feedback indicated many organisations are struggling with effective change management and comments such as “I’ve got a feeling that we (government) are all in the same boat with our struggles around change management” firmly underscored this.
ACCM used the launch events to showcase its change management roadmap. This has been the most requested piece of collateral following the event. “The roadmap demystifies what change management means and shows the elements of change in an easy to understand view” says Stephen Dantier, Change Practice Lead at ACCM.
Adding to the launch’s appeal was the variety in sessions. Guest speakers included Warren Parry from Change Track Research who presented survey findings drawn from an international database of over 450,000 responses covering planning for change and assessing risk and managing performance. Anthony McLean/Steve Longford from New Intelligence presented on the importance of being able to read people and influence when effecting change within an organisation. Participants noted that attending the launches was “exceedingly worthwhile” and they “liked the short and sharp format and they are looking forward to attending future events and courses”.
“Our training doesn’t follow one particular methodology or philosophy in change management. Industry perspectives and the views of recognised leaders in the field, texts and research experience are brought to the audience to provide full and balanced learning; and we partner with organisations to deliver the best possible learning outcomes which demonstrate our core value of education” said Dantier.
