Organization: Asset Africa Institute
Registration deadline: 18 Jan 2017
Starting date: 25 Jan 2017
Ending date: 27 Jan 2017
Dear Partner,
Asset Africa Institute, (www.assetafrica.co.ke), is pleased to announce the following seminar set to take place in January 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Seminar Title: Leadership, Innovation and Change Management
Date: 25th -27th January 2017
Venue: Nairobi Kenya
Need for training
In a context of exponential pipelines of ideas, accelerating innovation, improving your leadership outcomes and embracing change is the surest way of remaining relevant and “competitive” and this powerful seminar aims at enabling participants to develop critical leadership and innovation skills to turn innovation into action for immediate solutions to workplace challenges through expansion of mindsets.
Needless to say, change is not only necessary but an inevitable part of life and work and staff will have to adapt to various organization changes- restructuring, HR policy changes, IT projects, moving offices, new leadership, organizational culture changes among others. This 2 day seminar helps managers/aspiring & accomplished leaders to innovatively lead change and/or organization teams to seamlessly adapt to change using proven organization-wide change management methodologies.
By the end of the seminar, each participant should correctly demonstrate appreciation of the following skills and competencies:
· Identify the frequency of their personal leadership behaviors—as measured by the Leadership Practices Inventory
· Clearly Clarify and communicate their fundamental values and beliefs
· Demonstrate a value based, visionary and inspirational leadership
· Search for opportunities to change and improve results for organizations
· Experiment with innovative ideas and learn from accompanying mistakes
· Build collaboration, teamwork, trust & Strengthen the ability of others to excel
· Learn the basic principles of influencing people and persuasion
· Examine theatrical creation as a metaphor for team building, innovation and creativity in the workplace
· Apply the lessons learned in the seminar to a current organizational innovation & change related challenges
Course Content
· Overview of Organizational Change Management
· The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
· Organization software to help manage innovation processes- idea management and crowd-sourcing platforms, innovation process management software, open innovation software, innovation marketplaces & decision support software
· Ten Step Process of Conducting Innovation Workshop with your staff
· Change Cycle for Managers and Leaders – the 6 key stages of change cycle
· An Appreciative Approach to Change& Change Management
· Appreciative Inquiry: A Strategic Plan for Positive Change
· Embedding the “fail fast and move on” approach to change management
· How to work with the Leadership Practices Inventory
· Enhancing Personal Resiliency
Training methodology
This training blends theory with practice and considers participation and sharing experience as key elements in its approach. The experienced team of trainers and knowledgeable consultants use participatory methods, rich in visual elements, to encourage contribution. The seminar strives for quality and applicability by ensuring that the training is highly practical, participatory and interactive and learner centered and that training sessions promote a feedback sharing mechanism.
Additional Benefits for attending this seminar
· 2 Branded T-shirts, pens, folders and 4GB memory sticks
· A Fully paid for tour of the Nairobi Elephant and Giraffe Sanctuaries
· Excellent opportunities for networking opening new frontiers for personal and organization growth
Who Should Attend: Executive Directors, Heads of Institutions, Project Coordinators/Managers/Officers, Finance Managers, HR Professionals, Heads of Departments, Administrators, Team Leaders and those aspiring to hold management and team leadership roles
What some participants say about this seminar
“Great delivery. Very enlightening”, Abubakar Chika, University Registrar, Nigeria
“I have gained a lot of knowledge and thank the trainers for that”, Hellen Gakindi, Finance Officer, The Construction Office,Kenya
About the Organization
Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.co.ke)-AAI--AAI-) has distinguished itself as the training provider of choice among development organizations. AAI specializes in the research, design and delivery of high quality and affordable training programs for development workers worldwide. We work with a team of high end consultant base of more than 130 highly educated and experienced professionals many of whom are involved in post doctoral research work. Over the years, AAI has provided consultancies and training to such reputable organizations as: Federal University, Birnin Kebbi-Nigeria, African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD),Norwegian Church Aid-Zambia, ACOMIN-Nigeria, Tear Fund-DRC, CLEEN Organization-Nigeria, Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Islamic Relief-Somalia, National Museums of Kenya, Cornerstone Development-Uganda, International Organization for Immigration (South Sudan), Save Your Generation (SYG)-Ethiopia, Africa Rice Center (Africa Rice)-Benin, Rwanda Union of the Blind, Sasakawa Africa Association-Ethiopia, Harare Institute of Technology, Care International-Mali, Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (CEFOR) University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Mazommo Construction Company-Liberia, Addis Ababa University, Uganda Industrial Research Institute, IOM-Sudan**,** among others
For more information regarding the training, contact:
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965
Email: info@assetafrica.co.ke/assetafrika@gmail.com
How to register:
To enroll for this seminar, fill in the registration form attached and then email it to the attention of:
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965