The change management training program for industry managers

The program to train sectoral change managers is implemented at the initiative of the Foundation of Nursultan Nazarbayev together with the Government.

The goal of the program – to attract and select sectoral experts, train them and create a change management team that will address the transformation of key sectors of the economy.

The selection of the program participants took place between February 15 and May 28, 2020. 2,958 applications were received, and 230 participants were selected to sectoral teams based on their experience and skills.

“Independent experts conducting a preliminary selection had a difficult choice to make. There were long discussions about each group of candidates. Many of the program participants received education abroad (56 percent) and have international work experience (28 percent). 70 percent of the participants currently work in the private sector and 30 percent in the state and quasi-state sector,” said Gulmira Raisova, head of Leadership Development Centre at Elbasy Academy Corporate Fund.

The program participants should prepare solutions to 43 sectoral problems by the end of the year. The program covers 11 areas – education, geological exploration, trade and logistics, industry, including new industries, construction, regional development, healthcare, media, agriculture, tourism, and water resources.

To successfully complete the tasks, the participants are trained in public policy and design thinking. Over the course of the project, they сan get support from coaches. The project also engages prominent business people, state and public figures as mentors. More than 40 mentors confirmed their participation in the program, including such experts, as:

· Sergei Tereshchenko – Chairman of Integration International Foundation, former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

· Yerkin Tatishev – Co-Owner and Chairman of Kusto Group

· Almaz Sharman – President of Kazakhstan’s Preventive Medicine Academy

· Kairat Mazhibayev – Chairman of Resmi Group Board of Directors

Participation of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin as a mentor in several projects emphasizes the importance of the upcoming work of sectoral teams.

The main task of mentors is to help sectoral teams in preparing design solutions in their areas for further practical implementation.

The program’s performance indicator are ready-to-go solutions to sectoral tasks.

The participants mist present solutions:

prepare an analysis of the current situation
present their insights and proposals to stakeholders.

We presume sectoral ministries as project stakeholders, but the main stakeholder of the program is citizens of Kazakhstan.

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Change Managers Life is a unique online diary of the program to train sectoral change managers. It is published monthly.

The magazine, which is designed for professionals, features the latest practical information with professional conclusions and expert recommendations, vivid examples and illustrations.

Invaluable practical experience of our authors is described in each article. The authors are sectoral experts, specialists, and heads of leading companies in our country and abroad. The publication includes the most interesting and latest materials and events of the month.

Our readers are agents of change: high-level officials, top managers, heads of national companies and development institutes, government representatives, business people, private investors, and independent experts.

In the first edition of Change Managers Life, Gulmira Raisova, head of leadership development at Elbasy Academy Corporate Fund, told about the training of the program participants. In June, the diary, which was devoted to unique features of the training, describes the concept of learning through action and problem solving as well as the role of coaching support in the project.

In Faces of the Program section, one of the teams in geological exploration shared their impression of the selection process. The team in tourism, culture and sports prepared an article about the development and prospects of creative tourism in Kazakhstan.