Change
NOVA Change Catalyst Workshop
Adoption with NOVA colors
Duration
2 days, 6 hours per day (12 hours)
Format
In-person workshop with online assessment and debriefing
Cohort size
15-20 participants
Language
Bilingual facilitation (English and Arabic)
Overview
Why this workshop
Organizations everywhere face the same challenges: change fatigue, portfolio overload, inconsistent sponsorship, managers unequipped to coach through resistance, one-way communication and weak benefits realization.
Change Catalyst combines Kotter's eight steps for enterprise cadence and momentum, ADKAR for individual adoption barriers and reinforcement, and NOVA for the people-dynamics layer: observable behaviors, Natural versus Adapted style and motivations.
The result is a hands-on, simulation-rich workshop that equips leaders and teams to reduce overload, raise adoption, accelerate decisions and measure value, with tools they can use the next day.
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Bring this workshop to your team
Tell us about your team, goals and preferred dates and we will propose a tailored NOVA journey.
Assessment
NOVA assessment (20 minutes, online) and optional 60-minute 1:1 debrief
Send an enquiryLearning outcomes
What participants will be able to do
01
Prioritize work and keep the change portfolio within WIP limits
02
Build coaching habits (GROW) and hold resistance conversations
03
Practice visible sponsor behaviors and persuasive two-way communication
04
Create micro-moves that raise psychological safety
05
Define outcomes with an OKR mindset and measure benefits realization
06
Apply situational change tactics and build an experimentation muscle
07
Use AI and prompt-craft literacy responsibly in change work
Target audience
Who this workshop is for
Every cohort is tailored to your teams and the real situations they face at work.
People managers and team leads
Team members aiming to strengthen teamwork and lead adoption of change
Format and duration
How the learning journey works
Pre
Assess and prime
Every participant completes a unique NOVA Profile link (20 minutes, online). It primes self-awareness and gives the group a common language to tailor sponsorship, manager scripts and team rituals from Day 1.
During
Activate and apply
Two in-person days fuse ADKAR, Kotter and NOVA. Day 1 runs a 2-hour Change Wave Simulation; Day 2 a 2-hour Kotter Sprint that produces a 90-day plan, ADKAR barrier inventories and NOVA-adapted scripts.
Post
Personalize and sustain
An optional 60-minute 1:1 debrief with a NOVA-certified debriefer validates the profile (Natural versus Adapted), turns insights into job-specific habits and finalizes a personal Change Stretch Plan.
Workshop outline
Session by session
Day 1
Welcome and contracting
Build psychological safety and align expectations
Day 1
The change landscape and gaps
Name organization- and role-level gaps and connect each to a model lever
Day 1
NOVA fundamentals for change
Establish a shared language for observable behavior and adaptation
Day 1
ADKAR versus Kotter primer
Clarify when to use enterprise cadence and when to use individual adoption levers
Day 1
Big activity: Change Wave Simulation
Practice portfolio discipline, WIP limits, sponsor visibility and stakeholder-specific communication
Day 1
Debrief and commit
Turn insights into immediate experiments and prepare for Day 2
Day 2
Check-in and wins
Share Day 1 micro-experiments and learnings
Day 2
Sponsor and manager behaviors lab
Make sponsors and line managers adoption multipliers
Day 2
Individual activity: The tough conversation
Write a two-way script for a real resistor, tailored by NOVA
Day 2
Benefits realization and evidence gates
Replace activity theatre with measurable value
Day 2
Big activity: Kotter Sprint on a real change
Produce a 90-day plan that integrates all three models
Day 2
NOVA for team cohesion and rituals
Embed practices that sustain change in business as usual
Day 2
Action plans, next steps and close
Lock personal and team commitments and set follow-ups
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