Managing Change

Five factors immediately impact change management and organizational change. Find out the five critical factors in change management.

Change can succeed. Effective change management helps change succeed. The role of building support for change prior to the change and during the change in change management is explored. Your change management efforts can succeed. Learn more about building support for change.

Change is possible; the need for change is increasing; change capability is necessary for organizations that will succeed in the future; effective change management strategies rule. Learn about executive support and leadership for change management. Check out the results of my change management survey about the impact of executive support and leadership in change management.

Are your employees ready to change? Employees are more apt to support change if they are ready to make changes. This means that they believe in the changes, have the time and energy to invest in the changes, and your organization is ready to support the changes.

Want employee commitment to a change? If you want to foster employee commitment to change, the employees must be involved in designing the changes, implementing the changes, and evaluating the effectiveness of the changes.

Resistance to change is a natural reaction when employees are asked, well, to change. Change is uncomfortable and requires new ways of thinking and doing. You can reduce resistance to change by the actions you take and how you involve the employees who will be asked to change. You can reduce employee resistance to change by taking these actions.

Communication about the change or changes is critical and too frequently neglected. You cannot over-communicate during change. Learn more.

You cannot over-communicate when you are asking your organization to change. Every successful executive, who has led a change management effort, in my experience, makes this statement. I have never worked with a client organization in which employees were completely happy with communication. Communication is one of the toughest issues in...

Want to make your change management efforts successful? These tips about how to communicate during change will help you make your change communication effective and successful. Learn more.

Need tips about how to communicate during change? Here are tips about how to make your communication effective during change. Develop a written communication plan about the change or changes to ensure that all of the following occur. Learn more.

Change can succeed. Effective change management helps change succeed. The role of employee involvement in change management is explored. Your change management efforts can succeed. Learn more about change management.

Successfully motivating your employees can bring a lot to your organization. Read about employee motivation, including the advantages and disadvantages of motivation, motivation tips, and a motivation check list.

Stories about your workplace, that employees tell, are a powerful force in shaping and reinforcing your culture. Are your work stories inspiring the workplace culture that you seek? If not, change the stories and how employees are reinforced when they tell stories. Change management strategies help you reinforce story telling.

Change is possible; the need for change is increasing; change capability is necessary for organizations that will succeed in the future; effective change management strategies rule. Learn about planning and analysis in change management. Check out the results of my change management survey about the affect of effective planning and analysis in...

HR is the stabilizer and champion during organizational change. HR adds value by ensuring change efforts deliver lasting results. How? Use a principle-based approach to promote stability and manage your organization's embedded polarities. Learn more!