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The Power of a Change Scorecard

Leaders ask regularly, “Why is my change not happening faster? When will I get the business value from this change that I need?” Often by the time leaders are asking these questions, they are well into implementing their change initiative, and so measuring the root causes of a gap in the desired results begins late.

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3 Ways a Customized Change Management Plan Mitigates Risk

From ERP and technology implementations to operational and structural transformations, successful change depends upon buy-in from every segment of the employee population. So how do you ensure that employees at every level adopt organizational change and deliver on its promise? How do you take a proactive approach to create successful and enduring change? The answers

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A 5-Point Approach to Assessing the Impact of Organizational Change

Suppose the key decision makers in your organization all agree that change is necessary. But how will individual employees respond? Where might you find resistance to change and how can you minimize it? There are many barriers to organizational change. A McKinsey* study found that a staggering 70% of all change initiatives fail to meet

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The Best Laid Plans, Why Technology Change is So Hard

The Best Laid Plans, Why Technology Change is So Hard You carefully researched and purchased a best in breed system, hired an experienced and well-referred solutions integrator, invested months of careful planning, go-live went off without a hitch and – half of the organization isn’t using the system properly and the other half isn’t using

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The Commitment Curve

The Commitment Curve Your new ERP system will streamline and revolutionize your business processes, provide real time information updates and save everyone time and energy. This sounds like an easy sell until you factor in the humans, and our inherent resistance to the new way of doing things. ERP change presents businesses with the challenge

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5 Actions Leaders Take to Make Change Endure

“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.” King Whitney Jr Change can be

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5 Actions Leaders Take to Make Change Endure

“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.” – King Whitney Jr Change can

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Managing ERP Change Series – The Commitment Curve

The Commitment Curve Your new ERP system will streamline and revolutionize your business processes, provide real time information updates and save everyone time and energy. This sounds like an easy sell until you factor in the humans, and our inherent resistance to the new way of doing things. ERP change presents businesses with the challenge

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