It's one thing to talk about change leadership, it's quite another to have the skill to manage proactive and reactive elements of implementing a change...when working with people. People are naturally resistant to doing anything new or differently.
Are you prepared to lead people to change from what they know today to something new in your organization?
Do you know how to get people moving when they are stuck?
Do you know how to uncover and overcome resistance?
Can you take ideas and translate them in a way that will resonate and mobilize?
Having a Change Partner Makes it Easier
Working with a partner can save you a ton of time and headaches, we have been through loads of change implementations - mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, downsizing, lots of restructures and org design transitions.
We can offer you and your internal team guidance, content development and employee communication plans.
In our experience, framing the change, managing expectations, involving people at the right times, developing the right relationships, clarifying roles and relationships are key elements of change planning that aren't used enough.
Our goal is to make your change process as painless as possible! Reach out today!
Expect Resistance
The Real People Change Curve
Anytime you're leading a change project, you'll have rational plans, gantt charts and project plans laid out in a logical, sequential fashion how the implementation will work.
On the surface your change plan will look quite straightforward. Sure, there may be hiccups in the technology or shifting business priorities that scuttle your plans however, the biggest pain point for most leaders is actually the people side of transition.
You will have active resistors - employees who voice their displeasure, frustrations and anger as well as passive resistors - employees who just don't do what you want them to. They slow your logical plan down or stop it completely.
During change, people ride an emotional roller coaster (this includes you); while its completely normal, it makes it tough to manage the nuances.
Seldom do we account for emotional reactions in our change plans yet, in reality, it isn't the organization that has to change, its the people who do. We like to point out that organizational change actually happens one employee at a time.
Tapping into what is important for your people, communicating effectively, figuring out and understanding the human dynamic during your implementation will help you manage through the inevitable change resistance.
Work with us, your change partner - go in expecting resistance, plan for it, prepare for it, communicate to it and then....flex with it.
We can help you navigate the people change implementation!