Managing and leading change can be challenging at the best of times and responding to the evolving Coronavirus pandemic has meant that organisations have been dealing with an increasingly rapid period of multiple and complex change. This has put pressure on teams as they work out how best to respond and has required managers and leaders to support their people with sensitivity and compassion in circumstances that are new to all of us.This workshop will introduce some practically relevant models of individual and team change to help managers understand the psychology of change and the skills needed to effective lead teams through it.

The workshop will investigate the concepts of Volatile, Complex, Uncertain and Ambiguous (VUCA) change and Wicked Problems and help managers think through how best to respond when there are no clear-cut solutions.

At the end of this webinar you will:

• Understand what happens to individuals and teams when they go through change
• Understand the impacts of Volatile, Complex, Uncertain and Ambiguous (VUCA) contexts and consider how best to navigate them, particularly when working online
• Leave with practical ideas for dealing with wicked problems that don’t have straightforward solutions
• Feel more confident in your ability to manage and lead change

Intended audience

• Managers and leaders who are supporting teams through rapid or complex change
• Managers and leaders who want to understand more about how and why people respond to change in the way they do and offer some straightforward and practical ideas to implement

Facilitator: Auriel Majumdar, Creative Coach and Consultant

Auriel Majumdar is a Creative Coach, Consultant and Educator with more than 20 years’ experience as leader, strategist and change maker. She works with organisations and individuals in the creative and cultural sectors, helping people to reflect on their experiences so they can continuously learn and develop.

Price

Facilitators, BSL Interpreters and Live Captioners are being paid for their time. Any net-profit generated from ticket sales will be donated to the Theatre Artists Fund.

• £10.00: Non-members of UK Theatre & SOLT
• £5.00: UK Theatre & SOLT Members
• £5.00: Industry body Members (ABO, ABTT, AMA, FST, ITC & SMA)*
• £FREE: Freelancers/Unemployed/Other**

*Industry body members, please enter your promo-code at the checkout to receive a £5 discount off the non-member rate. If you have any queries please email events@soltukt.co.uk.

**If you are facing financial difficulties, for any reason, you are welcome to register for a free ticket.

Access

We will be using Zoom Webinar to run these sessions:

• You will be in front of your own PC , laptop or digital device
• You will wear headphones or have your speakers turned on, please test these in good time before the training starts whilst logged into Zoom
• You will be held in a virtual waiting room when you log on, please be patient as we let you in one by one
• Your video and audio will be automatically switched off
• You will be able to see and hear the facilitator
• You will be able to communicate with the facilitator, support team and attendees, via the Q&A and Chat functions
• Auto-captions will be available as standard
• The session will be recorded and circulated after the event so that you can refer back to the content in your own time

We are committed to fulfilling access requests to the best of our ability. If you require BSL Interpretation, Live Captioning, or have any other specific requirement please email events@soltukt.co.uk within 5 working days of the event.

Other events

This webinar is part of our Mental Health & Wellbeing series.

A series of ten webinars, hosted by SOLT & UK Theatre and presented by expert facilitators, to support the mental health & wellbeing of offstage theatre workers.

Supporting your Professional and personal wellbeing - open to all

• Mindfulness for Theatre Professionals: Tuesday 26 April
• Looking After Your Body, to Look After Your Mind: Wednesday 5 May
• Good, Bad & Ugly Stress: Thursday 6 May
• Ways to Wellbeing: Wednesday 12 May
• Staying Resilient in Uncertain Times: Monday 24 May

Supporting the professional wellbeing of others - for managers and leaders

• Leading a Resilient Team: Thursday 29 April
• Managing Teams through Rapid & Complex Change: Tuesday 4 May
• Create an Organisational Resilience Checklist: Monday 17 May
• Lead Healthy & Productive Teams: The Business Case for Wellbeing: Wednesday 19 May
• Create a Racism Defence Strategy: Thursday 20 May

With a range of free and low cost places available, any net profit will go to the Theatre Artists Fund. If you are a UK Theatre or SOLT Member, or a member of an industry body email events@soltukt.co.uk for your promo code.

Visit TheatreMeansBusiness.info for further details of our online events.