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Depressing News: change saturation increases Recent data reported by Prosci show that both the amount of change expected by organisations and the number of organisations saturated by change have increased. This is a gloomy outlook given the problems most organisations have in doing change. Lets put these three ideas together and see what can be …
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Mid Level Managers as Superhero In a recent blog post on the Harvard Business Review web site Behnam Tabrizi reported on some research he had undertaken on why change and innovation (a pre-curser to change) didn’t work. The article is focused on Leadership but I found some powerful snippets about doing change.
Over the last couple of weeks we have been working hard to develop a questionnaire to help people identify their level of change maturity. That means writing incisive questions to identify behaviours typical of a particular maturity level which are not typical of another maturity level. This begs two questions:
Strategic Change The key to a successful strategic change is to change the things that matter to an organisation’s survival; and leave the things that don’t matter to operations. In his seminal paper ‘What is strategy?‘ Michael Porter argues that effective operations is necessary for survival, but not sufficient. Strategy is always needed. So I …
Our awarded QCF credits (Qualifications Credit Framework) are ideal for toping up on continuing professional development (CPD) and can be used to apply for other post graduate qualifications such as Diplomas and Degree programmes. The qualifications are offered in modules that are appropriate for both change professionals and strategic managers. They work well to evidence …
I teach a course on strategy in a local management centre so I am keen on the link between strategy, change and operational excellence. I have just read a review in the Economist of a new book on strategy by A. G. Lafley and Roger Martin in which they describe how they turned Proctor & …
In a recent posting on their web site Prosci have discussed their ADKAR model for describing how an individual makes a successful change. Towards the end of the article they provide data from a recent webinar in which they ask which stage of the model poses the biggest challenge. Just over two-thirds of the respondents …
A couple of recent experiences, training and consulting, have tested my assumption that a change manager (or change team) is needed to deliver a successful change.
Robert Cole, Managing Director, explores why employees need to be trained in several key areas for change to be a success. Click to read the full story published in Training Journal Magazine.
In a recent MIT Sloan Management Review (Winter 2013) one of the articles describes what it calls a ‘Middle Ground’ approach to change. I thought it worth reporting as it has a couple of neat ideas about where to get ideas for change.
