Explore Stakeholder Engagement  Strategies and All Things Change Management

The organisational baseline can shift suddenly. This fluidity can make it difficult to maintain momentum and focus on long-term goals.

Change management is more than just implementing new products, systems or processes and a crucial element is accountability.

Whether for lack of awareness or lack of visibility, here's what we wished executives knew about change management.

There is substantial evidence that trained staff make a significant difference.  In Healthcare , there are examples of untrained staff...

When looking for their next role, or assessing a job offer, are employees prioritising good change management practices?

Organisations can establish a virtuous circle in which one good implementation leads to ongoing positive change experiences in future.

Change is often hard for people to accept and to go through, although it doesn't always have to be.  A side effect of planned or...

ROI in the realm of change management hinges on the opportunity cost of not managing change well.

Strategic alignment is a deliberate process of linking values with overarching transformation goals and showing where change fits in.

Do organisations actually have a concept of organisational resilience? Is this a term that applies to organisations, or is it just...

In a change management tool we want to understand the people involved: who they are, how they fit together and what support they need.

I'm consistently inspired by the passion and dedication in change management. Yet, I'm also reminded of the universal challenges.

You may need to take a tongue-in-cheek read of this post, as we debunk some common misconceptions about change management.

Let's have a look at how we're doing so far while going digital in 2024. Read this list with your own business specialisation in mind.

In the past three decades the market for change management has changed enormously. The market for change management talent has often found itself in a state of fluctuation, something like a seesaw swinging between demand and supply. Amidst the corrections, one recurring theme has stood out: the variability of rates for contract change managers. This flexibility speaks volumes about the underlying issues within the industry.

Successful change initiatives are not merely driven by intuition or hunches; they are built on a robust foundation of evidence, data and facts. If the practice of change management can not be validated, it will only get part the way there. Evidence, data, and facts need to guide successful organisational transformations.

Projects—as a vehicle of change—are often excellent at focusing on systems and process, putting together a schedule and budget, and hiring the right expertise to ensure seamless systems integration. But a successful implementation needs people planning. On its own, a project focus often doesn't deliver the people side well, and this is where change management plays a vital role.

In order to flex into an agile environment, change managers can provide support in four main ways.

The Real Job of a Change Manager When asked, "What do you do?", the role of a Change Manager is often misunderstood. Many people think...

When organisations push change too far, their employees may start to show specific signs of distress. What was once enthusiasm for a new initiative may be replaced by indifference, apathy, and disengagement. Debates about a workplace change can give way to weariness, cynicism, and complaints, signalling that your organisation has hit a point of change saturation.