Change Agent

Manager Acceleration Program

To succeed in today’s fast-changing business world, businesses need future-ready leaders who can drive positive change. These leaders are known as Change Agents. They make a difference in the business by being the driving force behind positive change.

Developing your Future Leaders

In today’s fast-paced and constantly evolving world, businesses are under immense pressure to adapt and grow. As a result, they need strong leaders who can not only cope with change but can also inspire and facilitate it. However, despite recognising the importance of change management, a significant portion of today’s managers lack the necessary skills and strategies to execute it effectively.

The emergence of this talent gap isn’t just a hindrance for the businesses themselves, but it could also limit growth and innovation in the wider economy. Therefore, it’s paramount that organisations invest in their managers and enhance their transformative abilities to deliver impactful results.

To address this pressing need, we have developed a comprehensive and specialised program that focuses on equipping managers with the skills and knowledge to become true Change Agents. This program will provide them with valuable insights and a practical toolkit for leading their teams through complex and uncertain situations, while maximising the benefits of progress and innovation.

Better future Change Agents

The Manager Acceleration Program provides the structure, tools, and support that gives participants' a new perspective and a fresh way of thinking — and keeps them on track to turn their goals into reality. 

What is a Change Agent? The individual that undertakes the task of initiating and managing change in a business is known as a 'Change Agent'. Change Agents can be managers or employees who have the desire, knowledge and skills to focus appropriate time and energy on business effectiveness and improvement.

With the accelerating pace of change, every business needs effective 'Change Agents' - to help implement changes towards improvements and new concepts or ideas - and they achieve this by driving positive energy, and intentionally leading others in a way that fosters well-being and increases business performance.

WHAT DOES A TYPICAL MONTH ON THE MANAGER ACCELERATION PROGRAM LOOK LIKE?

The Manager Acceleration Program combines several learning elements to create a balanced blend of learning – integrating powerful interactions and application to generate a powerful learning journey for participants.

The online Learning Management System allows participants to accelerate their learning each month by viewing the pre- and post-content, completing activities and engaging in reflective discussions (with other participants).

Participants earn points as they go, with the ‘Leaderboard  featuring the most engaged participants each month.

The Learning Management System includes the following:

  • Insightful Videos
  • Relevant Articles and Case Studies
  • Job Aids
  • Resources and Tools
  • Workshop Slides

7 Key Ingredients of the Manager Acceleration Program

Manager Acceleration Program equips leaders — and, in turn equips your business as a whole, to become more 'change-capable.’ We do this by using seven key ingredients which collectively impacts the beliefs, mindset, and behaviours that amplifies people’s ability to adapt to, and lead, in a fast changing world.

1. Learning Agility Assessment + Strength Finder Assessment – The first assessment helps to unpack what is limiting any progress to learn and grow. The second assessment identifies the individuals strengths to unleash their full growth potential.

2. 9 Impactful Workshops – a space where rich knowledge is delivered and powerful discussions are facilitated. This is where the learning is accelerated leading to deep insights and paradigm shifts. 

3. Pre-Post Workshop Material – 30 mins. To get ready for the learning it is important to prime the mind. Participants may also find the answers to some of the current challenges in the business.

This is where the learning is accelerated leading to deep insights and paradigm.

4. Reflection Sessions with the Sponsor – This opens the door to great discussions – reflective and insightful conversations that would not normally happen. 

5. Business Improvement Project – This moves participants out of the daily operational mindset to explore an improvement opportunity and apply the knowledge and skills that are learnt on the program.

6. Group Coaching – There are 3 Group sessions to build skills and start behavioural changes with the support from their peers. 

7. Presentation Session – at the conclusion of the program participants present their key learnings and an overview of their business improvement project.  Presenting to an audience clearly and confidently is a valuable skill – a skill that is key to being an effective change agent.

Business Improvement Project

Change Agents Increase the Ownership of Change

Only by leading change internally, are we likely to create the necessary ‘authorship’ of the change that really drives ownership.

Individuals who define what the change means for them, and make the necessary improvements to how they work, will fully understand the change and feel responsible for its success – because it is their idea, not an idea imposed by others that they are adopting.

This authorship is driven by intrinsic motivation, the internal fire that drives people to achieve more and to take pride in what they are doing.

By enabling individuals to follow their own ideas, they are implementing change in a way that plays to their strengths, and the element of choice gives them autonomy which is linked to greater levels of happiness and productivity.

Everyone you meet has something valuable to teach you.

Participants not only learn from the workshops, online material, business improvement project and coaching – but they also get the support from other participants on the program.

By sharing their insights online and in the group discussion, they learn how to navigate themselves around challenging issues.

All participants want to learn and by generously sharing ideas and their industry knowledge – everyone gets a real in-depth experience whilst on the program.

It is not often that different industries come together to talk about current and real issues in business.

We encourage participants to share their insights and reflections in the Group Discussions in the Learning Management System. 

Developing Change Agents in the Business

What Our Clients Are Saying

Hear from a Manager Acceleration Program participanT

Damien talks about why this program has made a huge difference to him personally and to the business. He realised the power to being open and present to the learnings. Also why understanding self is the first step to being a great change agent in a fast paced business.

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Hear from a Business Owner about the Manager Acceleration Program

Why Steve has put 4 people on the program, and how the structure of the program provides the opportunity to have conversations you would not normally have with your team. The power of structured open conversations about the learnings.



The only constant in life is change

Change fatigue is brought on when change is coming at us so quickly that we don’t have time to settle into the new normal before being hit with more change.

Developing Change Agents Accelerate The Learning Now

By starting now, participants receive the Pre-Program Material. This means they will have a planned schedule to get ready for the program in 2022. 

This allows the time to invest in the learning before the program starts (which can lead to breakthroughs that are needed now). By immersing in the learning can place participants in a fantastic position.

Step 1: Register your team member or yourself on the program. (click details below) 

Step 2: Start the Pre-Program material – which has over 20 resources. 

Step 3: Think ahead and ensure your team member | or you – are planning for 2022 so you can start the program with energy and motivation. 

Step 4: Organise a time and day to with Engine Room to complete the Learning Assessment and Development Plan. 

Step 5: Discuss the Business Improvement Project and ensure that others in your team are aware of the project idea. 

Develop your internal talent by giving them opportunities to learn on an ongoing basis. Set them up to succeed by ensuring they have the training and coaches needed to fill skill and mindset gaps. There is nothing more powerful than applying the learning and reflecting on that experience.

NEW 2023

In-Person OR Virtual

$ 7,000 / +GST

The program starts when you enrol – which you can do right now. 

Participants are able to immediately access the Pre-Program material via the Learning Management System. 

The In-Person Workshops run from March – November 2023.

Change Agent Certificate of completion

Gold Change Agent

Upon successful completion of all program activities, including a suitable Business Improvement Project, participants are awarded with an official Certificate of Completion from Engine Room Business Innovation, which they can also showcase on their LinkedIn profile. 

Engine Room Business Innovation Programs

Only a thriving workforce can sustain a thriving business. And we know (thanks to the science) that a proactive approach vs a reactive mindset to development is how we perform at our best.

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