The rate of change facing government and commercial organizations is staggering
Supporting And Enabling Effective Organizational Change Is Key To Organizations' Success
Changes can be driven by legislation, new leadership, old structures and processes no longer working, a change in mission/purpose, new systems, an unhealthy culture, or a need to innovate.
At Change Essentials we have spent years supporting and enabling successful organizational change at various government agencies and commercial organizations. Sometimes those changes have been incremental and sometimes they have been radical. We have the right tools backed by years of experience to enable the changes you want or need to make.
Our approach to organizational change is to:
Plan/Prepare
Get clear on what needs to change and why? Make the business case for change. What is the current readiness of the organization for the change? What resistance do you need to be prepared for? What are your desired outcomes? How will you evaluate the effectiveness of the change?
Align
One of the keys to successful organizational change is alignment from the top down. Who are the key stakeholders? How aligned are senior leaders around the change? Alignment is critical to ensure consistent messaging, and that the change cascades from the top down effectively throughout the organization.
Communicate
Communication is a change enabler. Effective communication can influence people’s thinking and can shape the organizational narrative of the change story. Targeted communication can help people get on board with the change.
Engage
It is critical to engage the people affected by the change. What are they thinking and feeling? What challenges, interests and concerns do they have that you need to address to minimize resistance and garner their support? Engagement can be done through surveys, interviews, focus or working groups and creating a change advocates/change network.
Sustain
Sometimes the hardest part of change is getting it to stick! You’ve undertaken a re org – the org chart has changed but people are still operating the old way. Why? Systems have an innate desire to maintain the status quo/return to homeostasis after a change. Once the change is complete that is when you really have to put your foot to the gas and implement the change using an in-depth implementation plan. We can help you ensure that your strong planning leads to strong execution and your desired results.
Change Essentials has experience leading:
- Organizational effectiveness assessments
- Change readiness assessments
- Culture change initiatives
- Change management associated with reorganizations, implementing new processes and systems including building implementation plans
- Serving as the change management SME on larger change management teams
- Building Change Management Strategy
- Coaching Senior Executives on Leading Change
- Aligning Executive Leadership Teams Around Change
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