SME Strategy

MAY 5, 2023

Contents: What is Change Management What Types of Change Occur in Organizations? When should change management be considered? What are the risks if change is not managed effectively? Change Resistance What are the steps needed to prepare for and implement successful change?

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Walk Me

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Proactive change management happens when leaders actively seek to manage the challenges and opportunities in a change project. Every change project comes with many unpredictable aspects. A proactive change manager will plan for every problem. What is proactive change management?

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Walk Me

JUNE 1, 2022

Change management in digital transformation is everything an organization does to help its teams adopt new technologies. While change is constant, half of all change initiatives fail. And the top-down approach to implementing change has lost its impact in modern society. Let’s dive deeper.

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David Grossman

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Organizations going through change naturally focus on the project being implemented – what has to be done by when to complete the action plan. Yet most organizational change won’t succeed without employees somehow adopting new ways of working. What is Change Management Communication and Why is it Important?

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Walk Me

JULY 11, 2022

Project management and change management go hand-in-hand to ensure project success. As the project team executes the project, the change management team helps all affected users transition to the new way of doing things. Yet half of all change initiatives fail because of employee resistance and other reasons.

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Walk Me

AUGUST 15, 2023

This fact is the main driver for why change management training for employees is so significant in 2023 – if your staff aren’t prepared for the changes new digital developments can bring, your business will suffer. billion by 2026 , which is a lot of change management courses!

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Vantage Circle

JULY 4, 2022

But did you know that most organizational change initiatives (almost 70%) fail? It's possible that managers are feeling overburdened by the procedures. Conversely, they might be implementing the wrong change management approach as a whole. This blog summarizes 13 leading change management models.

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Walk Me

JANUARY 2, 2024

Change managers typically grapple with various forms of resistance during organizational change. The Satir Change Model, conceived by Virginia Satir, a family therapist and author, addresses these challenges. Chaos Characterized by confusion and a sense of disorder, this stage occurs when implementing changes.

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Walk Me

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Enterprises that want to be ready for the future need great change management adoption practices. Even though technology implementation needs high-level project management skills, the benefits of user adoption of new strategies are immense. What Is Change Management Adoption?

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Walk Me

MAY 9, 2022

Why lead change management for executives? Change is mandatory to evolve and grow. At the same time, organizational change demands testing new strategies for success, which is why people are always afraid to change. Practical change management recommendations for executives . Let’s start.

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LSA Global

MARCH 14, 2024

Navigating the Typical Phases of Organizational Change Organizational leaders face a daunting task: keeping up with or staying ahead of the relentless pressure to change. Second, change management consulting experts know that change is messy.

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Walk Me

JULY 30, 2023

Digital change management is a structured approach that guides how your organization prepares, equips, and supports individuals to adopt digital technologies and new ways of working. The goal is to successfully implement new digital processes, tools, and technologies as efficiently and painlessly as possible.

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JULY 14, 2022

Team members need to take responsibility and adapt, becoming more confident in dealing with change as the paradigm shifts and leadership definitions change to include more and more people. But this starts with an effective change leader. What Leaders Need To Know About Change Management In 2022.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Change management communication is an essential process for cultivating success and agility within an organization. It not only helps stakeholders comprehend what changes are being made, why such modifications need to be done, and how it will influence them; it also provides timely information and materials to meet certain milestones.

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Walk Me

JANUARY 31, 2023

Organizational change can trigger various employee reactions when major structural shifts occur and normalized processes, technology, and tools are replaced with unfamiliar ones. This can often spark internal resistance to change, resulting in low employee performance and decreased productivity if not remedied.

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Walk Me

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

These loops facilitate continual learning and adaptation, making them essential components for the successful implementation and sustainability of change. The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle, created by Dr William Deming, allows organizations to implement an iterative four-step feedback loop to implement and successfully manage change.

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LSA Global

MARCH 11, 2023

Change Management Traps to Avoid Sand traps in golf are designed to penalize wayward shots. Change management consulting experts feel the same about change management traps to avoid. Change management consulting experts feel the same about change management traps to avoid.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Have You Been Asked to Lead Organizational Change? With the majority of organizational change initiatives failing to make it successfully across the finish line, change management consulting experts admit that corporate transformations are challenging. Honesty and transparency works with change management.

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Walk Me

JULY 12, 2022

From politics to economics, all this disruption directly impacts the world of business, and there are two ways for business leaders to deal with this change; constantly adapt or stagnate and risk failure. Within this climate, change management becomes helpful in business by supporting staff to prepare for change.

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Niagara Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Whether spearheading the change or implementing it with your team when tasked with organizational change management, it can be hard to know where to start. With over 70% of change initiatives failing, it is best to feel prepared before announcing the change.

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AlignOrg

MARCH 12, 2024

When I assumed the position of journey management practice lead, I received puzzled looks and questions from past and present colleagues. Many thought I had transitioned into a change management role. Others wondered if it was program management or perhaps something within organization design.

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Change Guides LLC

AUGUST 9, 2022

by Shannon Long, Consultant at Change Guides. Successful change management is the discipline of driving business results by changing behaviors. For an organization to grow they must constantly be pursuing change. Managing change can be tough. Commitment is critical when seeking organizational change.

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Wendy Hirsch

APRIL 14, 2023

Key Points Change commitment reflects a person’s level of determination to follow a course of action related to an organizational change. Researchers Herscovitch and Meyer suggest that there are three types of change commitment based on emotion, values/obligation and cost-avoidance, respectively.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Diagnosing the Cause of the Bumps in the Road When Organizational Change Stalls Change management consulting experts know that very few change initiatives move forward without encountering bumps (e.g., change resistance ) in the road. The commitment to pursue organizational change needs to be resolute.

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Walk Me

AUGUST 11, 2022

There’s never been a better time to be a change manager. Thanks to increased digitalization, remote work opportunities, and evolving customer demands, businesses are in a state of constant change. So, if you’re looking to start a career in a field on an upward trend, then change management is right for you.

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JULY 13, 2022

The essential elements of change management include leadership alignment, stakeholder engagement, communication, training, change impact, readiness assessments, and organizational design. Successful change management programs encourage and facilitate the adoption of new ideas, processes, or management models.

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Wendy Hirsch

JUNE 21, 2022

Key Points Middle managers do three things to effectively lead change: interpret, engage & explain, and coordinate & execute. Interpretation is a pivotal, but often overlooked, aspect of middle manager change leadership. Organizational change challenges middle managers to become masters of complexity.

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 31, 2020

And to deal with the evergrowing corporate world, change management has played a crucial role in helping organizations go through the transitions. However, have you ever wondered what change management is and how it has helped organizations? What is Change Management? Types of Change Management.

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Walk Me

JULY 18, 2022

Understanding change management principles helps managers present change to staff in a helpful way, allowing them to see transformation as positive and easy to integrate into a new routine. But what are the best change management tools for a company in 2022? What Are Change Management Resources?

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Walk Me

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The change manager is one of the most critical roles in business today. Gartner reports that just 39% of employees feel able to respond to the changing needs of their business and the customers it serves. Change managers become indispensable within this environment. But what does a change manager do?

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Wendy Hirsch

MARCH 12, 2022

This is an incomplete, (but always growing) list of research articles on key topics related to change management. I hope you find some nuggets in them that will enhance your change management practice. If you like this list, then you will really like my book, The Implementer’s Starter Kit. You can say, “Right here.”

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Wendy Hirsch

APRIL 22, 2022

Key Points Researchers have found that staff members are interested in five topics during any organizational change: The Need for Change, Change Solution, Change Capacity, Change Commitment, and Change Impact. Which of these topics are most relevant for your organizational change will vary.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Design Organizational Change Without solid support from company executives, it is almost impossible to design organizational change that works. Organizational change is hard enough to achieve when everyone is aligned with and committed to the new ways of working and behaving. The business case for change.

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Wendy Hirsch

JUNE 24, 2021

Recently, a potential consulting client scheduled a free consultation for him and his team to discuss a project to “improve change management” in his organization. Others felt everyone needed training in change management; others weren’t sure. It also includes why we are changing. Confusion was in the air.

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Walk Me

JULY 19, 2022

But resistance to change is never intended as an added challenge; it can be more of a bonus. Change is there to help drive profits through sales efficiency. But effective change management can also support every staff member within sales departments to fulfill their roles more quickly. What Is Sales Enablement?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 15, 2021

The Challenge of Organizational Change Statistics can be misleading, we know, but when they are so lopsided, you have to lend them some credence. Bain reported that only 12% of change management initiatives achieve what they set out to do, and over one-third fail miserably.

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Walk Me

AUGUST 3, 2023

Change management can be daunting, especially when it involves systems and multiple stakeholders. However, with the right framework and approach, managing complex change can become more manageable and even successful. The Lippitt-Knoster model is a comprehensive and structured approach to managing complex change.

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