Change Management

Change Management 101 (Part 2)
: Why You Need a Solid Communication and Engagement Plan

What is it for? Whatever change your organization is facing, whether it’s a process, structural, or technology change, or something else, the most difficult component is not implementing the change itself – it’s managing how the people in your organization adopt, support and assimilate the change. That’s where a good communication and engagement plan comes […]

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Change Management 101 (Part 1): Why You Need a Structured Skills Training Plan

What is it for? Changing behaviours is often easier said than done. Leaders know that change of any kind – from an increase in a manager’s effectiveness to the implementation of a new technology – only happens as a result of meaningful and sustained change in individual and group behaviour. But how do you foster

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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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Managing Change: Three Truths Every Executive Needs to Know to Deliver Superior ERP and Tech Implementation Results

According to a recent report, the companies that are most effective at change management are also 4.51 times more likely to involve change and internal communication professionals in the earliest planning stages. A new tech rollout or ERP implementation marks a huge change for any company, and that change needs to be managed in order

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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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