Whether we like or not, we are all involved in some form of transformation at any given time. Some of these transformations are self initiated, at times they are forced upon us, on our companies, industries or even economies. It is in our own interest to learn how to navigate these changes. The best way to do that is to learn to become a change agent and lead the change instead of allowing the change to lead us.
Being or becoming a change agent is not simple. We need to learn specific skills around managing and leading change. Unfortunately, we are not taught these skills during our learning phase. So, we need to be deliberate about learning skills that enable us to be a change agent.
In this context, the work done by the School for Change agents plays such a significant role. Though the School invites anyone who works in health and care sector to join their sessions, I have realised that the skills taught are applicable to anyone who wants to be a change agent in any industry or sector. The skills are the same even if you want to change your personal lives as well.
Their 2021 batch will start next week and you can join the classes live here. However, you can also watch the recordings of their 2019 classes (2020 was cancelled due to obvious reasons) on their YouTube channel. Here is the entire playlist.
Session 1: Change Starts with Me
Session 2: Resilience is an act of defiance
Session 3: Purpose and power
Session 4: Moving to Action
Session 5 – Being a Change Agent in a Complex World
Session 6: Leading Change in Personalised Care
(This might be more specific to people in healthcare more than to others)
In Conclusion:
As I argued at the start of this post, we are all participating (and in some cases leading) change at some point in time in our lives. It is always good to learn the skills required to be a change agent. These skills can also help us in myriad other ways (building influence without authority, leadership skills, personal awareness, etc). So, in a way the course is not a self-development course, but it ends up as one, anyway.
I do hope that you will join me and all the others at the School for change agents, to learn and be change agents in our lives.
We need all the help that we can get to bring about the change that we want to see happen..
Happy learning!!!
