PMI Carolina Virtual Meeting - Effective Change Management
Topic: Effective Change Management
Appropriate organizational change management is the key to unlocking benefits and value from our investment in projects and programs. Change management is more than the delivery of training or a few communications. Change management is about impact, influence, and leveraging the power of people for our strategic aspirations to thrive and be realized. But why is change management the first item to get descoped when budgets need to be tightened? Why do we still get resistance? And what can we do to overcome these challenges? This is an opportunity to be introduced to the fundamentals of organizational change management and why it is important.
You will introduce some core concepts and outline a popular globally recognized certification programme from APMG – Change Management Foundation and Practitioner. This learning workshop is based on the Effective Change Management Handbook which expands the Change Management Institute’s Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK).
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what change management is and why it is important
- Explain the link to benefits realization from investment in projects and programs
- Discover what the APMG – Change Management Foundation and Practitioner course includes
Inputs for the PDU Processor:
- Top Skills - Strategic Thinking, Creative Problem Solving
- Highly Desirable/Market Driven Project Skills - Focus on Change Management
- Talent Triangle - Power Skills - Problem Solving and Critical Thinking, Influencing, Negotiation
Speaker: Guy Grindborg

Speaker Bio:
Guy Grindborg is a project management professional with more than 30 years of experience, having managed a wide variety of projects across the globe. Guy has trained and coached professionals in most areas within Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, PMP Certification, MoP Certification, and Leadership Skills. He utilizes his extensive knowledge and expertise to motivate teams to succeed.


