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This course examines the human side of resistance to organisational change, focusing on psychological barriers such as rigidity, low adaptability, and intolerance of uncertainty. It also explores evidence-based strategies to foster openness, highlighting the role of employee motivation and the power of visionary leadership in driving engagement and participation.

The Psychology of Change: Turning employee resistance into participants of change

Length of course: 2 hours

Date: Friday 28th November 2025

Time: 12pm - 2pm

Location: MS Teams

Course Content: 
This course explores the human dimension of resistance to organisational change, covering key psychological barriers such as emotional rigidity, low adaptability, psychological inflexibility, and intolerance of uncertainty. Furthermore, evidence-based strategies to foster openness to change will be explored, focusing on both employee and leadership factors. On the employee side, this session will examine the role of employee work motivation in facilitating the overcoming of resistance, and on the leadership side, it will examine the impact of visionary communication in inspiring participation and engagement in the change process. 

Why Attend?
Gain greater understanding of individual psychological factors underling resistance to change. 

Develop awareness of psychological tools to build up team adaptability and psychological flexibility to help overcome resistance to change. 

Be able to apply evidence-based behavioural science techniques to foster greater participation and employee engagement.

https://www.chi.ac.uk/psychology-and-counselling/the-human-factor/