Soumyashree Chatterjee

Change, Agility and Organisational Effectiveness

Change Readiness

Change initiatives usually fail on adoption, not design. This programme addresses the behavioural side: how a team processes uncertainty and what helps them commit to a new way of working.

ClassroomVirtualOutbound experiential

The workplace situations it addresses

  • A restructuring, merger or new system rollout meeting resistance
  • Teams disengaging or slowing down during a period of organisational change
  • Managers unsure how to communicate change they didn't design themselves

Intended audience

  • Teams going through a confirmed organisational change
  • Managers responsible for communicating and sustaining change
  • Cross-functional groups affected by a new process or system

Practical learning outcomes

  • Name the specific concerns a change is raising for the team, rather than treating resistance as vague negativity
  • Apply a simple structure for communicating change news to a team
  • Identify one practical action to sustain momentum after the session

Indicative topics

  • Why teams resist change
  • Communicating change you didn't design
  • Sustaining momentum after the initial announcement
  • Distinguishing valid concerns from general anxiety

Learning experience and methods

  • Facilitated discussion grounded in the organisation's actual change context
  • Small-group exercises surfacing concerns and practical next steps
  • Structured reflection and individual action planning
Typical duration
Half-day to one day
Group size
[CONFIRM: recommended participant range]
Availability
Classroom, Virtual, Outbound experiential
Optional follow-up
[CONFIRM: whether manager reinforcement or follow-up sessions are included in this engagement]

Customisation options

Delivered only once there is a confirmed, named change to discuss. This is not a generic resilience talk.

What the organisation should provide

  • A clear, honest briefing on the change itself and what is and isn't yet decided
  • A sponsor available to answer factual questions the session raises

Frequently asked questions

Can this run before leadership has finalised all the details?
Yes, but the session works best when there is at least a confirmed direction to discuss honestly. Running it too early, before anything is decided, tends to raise more anxiety than it resolves.

Planning a leadership, sales or behavioural learning intervention?

Tell Soumyashree about the audience, business need, location and preferred format. He will respond to discuss the requirement and determine an appropriate starting point.