How-To-Guides

Topic time estimate: 3 Minutes

How does this course work?

The entire course is estimated to be completed in2 hours. You can break your training sessions into convenient micro-lessons anywhere and anytime.

The course outlines the standard course content in green.

Optional materials are highlighted in amber.

To complete all of the optional material, you will require an additional 1 hour.

• Your course progresses in a linear way.
• Your progress is saved automatically.
• You can pause your learning at any time and resume at a later date.
• You will be able to revisit any lesson and topic if you wish.
• Checkpoints don’t count to your final assessment and can be retaken in order to reinforce the learned.
• To receive a certificate you will need to pass the final assessment with 80% or more on your first attempt. You cannot retake the final assessment.
• To avoid any issues on the certificate (e.g., formatting errors), we recommend you to download and open it with the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader version.

In short, micro-lessons ranging from 1 to 20 minutes, you’ll develop highly transferrable and future-ready skills. The goal is to empower you to advocate for change at your workplace and in your community, fostering mental well-being in our ever-changing world. You’ll learn the basics needed to embrace change for innovation, personal growth, and professional development.

The Change Advocacy course lays the foundation for understanding change management and leadership in personal and business settings. If you’re eager to dive deeper into the field, our suite of 6 additional EXCELerate Change Leadership courses will naturally follow. The EXCELerate framework equips you with the skills and tools needed for an immediate shift in your professional behaviour.

As a learner with Approach Services, we encourage you to leverage the EXCELerate community and trainers to hold you accountable, ensuring your learnings are impactful and enduring.

Technical requirements

Whilst you can do most of the course on either a desktop computer, a tablet or a mobile phone, we strongly recommend you to do the assignments and self-reflection activities on a desktop computer that has:

• The latest version of a common browser e.g. Chrome, Ms Edge, Safari or Firefox
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• PowerPoint 
• Speaker or headphone

Optional How-to Videos

Video time estimate: 2:30 Minutes

There is a library of how-to videos in the Materials tab above (just below the topic heading) for you to refer to if you need any help with the navigation or templates.