As change professionals we know that what we do has value for the organisation, helping to achieve earlier and potentially higher return on investment by enabling tangible change to become fully adopted new ways of working. But if you are a Line Manager, Team Leader, Supervisor or staff member impacted by change, do you know […]
When defining the benefits of change - what benefits should we be looking for – is revenue increase/cost decrease too high level? Does it include the benefits of changes in behaviours? What baselines should we use to measure the change against, when what the baselines refer to is also changing? Who owns the benefits, who […]
Over the summer many of us take the opportunity to think about what do I do next. Sometimes its about what are the challenges in their current role or maybe its about developing capability for the future. Some think about looking for new opportunities or improving our work/life balance or just tackling some issue that […]
From previous debates, as a community, we recognise that the volume of change organisations are commissioning cannot be managed solely by dedicated change managers. The only way to achieve change at scale/enterprise level change is to mobilise everyone to participate. This impacts the priorities of the change management profession: Training – giving answers to the practical […]
At our next community event we have asked Jenni Sacks to get the conversation starting by letting us know how you can use techniques, underpinned by neuroscience to make change happen. Jenni Sacks has an approach called a Transformathon™ where people are mobilized and engaged via doing rather than communicating the change. Her experience suggests […]
A recent report on linked in about the top skills employers are looking for saw change management fall in importance in many roles. On further analysis it seems that employers are now breaking down change management into the key skills they need to be successful. Looking critically at what makes a difference in their transformations. […]
We all know that celebrating achievements is likely to help people adopt new ways of working and appreciate they are on the path to success.
Tonight we will consider where the responsibility for change sits. Is it with senior leadership, project teams, line managers etc. Where the responsibility for change sits has evolved as we have matured as a profession. Leading to the need for us to build more strategic partnerships and grow awareness of what we can contribute across […]
As change professionals we are in the front-line when motivating and persuading others to change. This means we experience first hand the stress, anxiety and resistance to change of those expected to work differently. How do we find coping mechanisms that enable us to remain positive and engaged when we are affected by the stress […]
