Change Management
This a common phrase (it may have even been the phrase that brought you here!) It incorporates some important ideas, however, most people, if they are honest will admit that many change projects fail to deliver. A key factor is that Change resists management. Gant charts and project plans are important, but on their own, are unlikely to give you want you want. We have found that Change needs facilitating.
It is like sailing a racing dinghy and requires constant attention and care to maintain it on course. It has other similarities to sailing; it is impossible to steer a boat that has no momentum. In order to steer, you must first start moving, and we get you moving!
If you think back to change programmes you have been involved with, I'm sure you will agree that Change isn't a neat linear process. This is because, at it its heart, it is organic. It is all about people and how they feel, both positively and negatively. People will get stuck, they do get diverted, crises do happen; all of these things need to be attended to ensure that you arrive at your destination.
One of our key contributions is helping you to deal with this. We do that in a number of ways, by:-
- Coaching and supporting your change agents
- Maintaining focus on the change programme, when they have to divert their attention
- Providing additional resources to manage the change, when crisis strike
- Reminding you why you started and why that is important
- Facilitating creative solutions to old problems
- Keeping momentum and enthusiasm for the change
We also provide Change Consulting.
Here are a series of articles on Change.
Here is a link to our Change Model.
You may be interested to read more about Business Change on our blog; here are relevant postings.