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Managing Transitions in the VUCA World

We are all facing profound challenges associated with the COVID-19 virus. While the shock effect is still there, we should not be surprised. Life has never been predictable. This is both a personal and collective challenge. There is a particularly important point to make regarding how we are responding to these challenges-and even more fundamentally the challenges we face in the future when faced with the inevitable future pandemic occurrences. No one set of responses is best. Agility is required of a good leader. Furthermore, the strategies they formulate in collaboration with those whom they serve must constantly be monitored and adjusted. Agility and flexibility are required because the current virus and future viruses are themselves ever shifting. We must be flexible in sometimes engaging our own wisdom and the wisdom of other people. This requires the generation and use of valid and useful information. Change is situational but transition, on the other hand, is psychological. It is a process that people go through as they internalize and come to terms with the details of the new situation that the changes brings about. This course is all about making effective transitions and to leverage on these to become better and stronger.

Objective

Outline

• Learning about the phases of transition
• Utilizing Interpersonal Preference Inventory
• Create Transition Plan
• Assessing Transition Readiness
• Detecting Conversational Blind Spots

Course Coverage

• Use the language and concepts of Phases of Transitions from Freezing to Engagement
• Describe Three Domains of Life: Domain of Information, Domain of Intention and Domain of Ideas
• Apply checklist on Managing Nonstop Change
• Making use of specific strategies related to one or more four styles of engagement
• Applying conversational skills to engage difficult conversation

Who should attend

Leaders, Senior Executives, People Managers, and Professionals keen to beef up their psychological insights and skills

Methodology

Interactive discussion, psycho-drama approach, psychological group process, role assumption technique, and psychoanalytical games.

Profile of Dr. Richard Lim

Director, Southeast Asia, Professional School of Psychology, California, USA

Clinical Supervisor, American Psychological Association (APA), Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC)

Professional Member, American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)

Professional Member, Singapore Psychological Society (SPS)

Doctorate, PsyD, Clinical Psychology, Professional School of Psychology, California

Master in Social Science in Counselling, University of South Australia

Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy, Graduate School of Medical Studies, National University of Singapore

Bachelor in Arts and Social Science (HONS), National University of Singapore

Accredited Training Consultant, Legacy Leadership, Texas, USA

Accredited Consultant Trainer, Coach-based Consulting, Santa Fe Center, USA
Advanced training in Mindfulness, Psychodrama, Couple Therapy & Narrative Therapy

Richard focuses his professional consultancy on leadership development and organization coaching. He has worked with groups of leadership staff from multi-national companies like Coca Cola, Microsoft, PriceWaterhouseCooper, Shell, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Barclays Capital, National Panasonic, Fujitsu, Courts, PSA, Continental Auto; International agencies like YMCA, Outward Bounds and World Vision; local government organizations and community institutions such as State Court, NIE, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Trade & Industry, National Environment Agency, National Council of Social Services, Singapore Sports Council, People’s Association, National Centre for Leadership Institute.

Richard works actively with parents of diverse professional backgrounds in Singapore and Jakarta for more than 15 years. As a Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, he is appointed by the Ministry of Social & Family Development and Ministry of Education in Singapore to train both parents and teachers in matter of child, family and education development. Richard was tasked by the Singapore government to oversee various youth projects in Singapore tackling issues on adolescent relationship and sexuality. These were successfully carried out from 2007 till 2014. Richard was also actively managing young adult relationship concerns in Singapore supported by the Social Development Unit under Prime Minister Office. Currently, Richard is the Consultant Psychologist to oversee and train government officials on resilience and wellness with both public and private sector organizations. In the earlier part of Richard’s career, he was a diplomat analyst of Singapore with extensive travels round the world to manage foreign affairs matters.

Richard collaborates with prominent universities in Singapore like NUS and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in training and supervising graduate students and alumni professionals in the application of behaviour science in organizations and the community. Richard was an Adjunct Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Nanyang Business School on management and leadership.

Richard has written professionally for various educational and organizational development projects. Richard has given frequent media interviews on his specialty to Jakarta Now, What’s New Jakarta, The Straits Time, FM93.8Live, Japanese TV, Taiwanese TV and European media programs.