Entries by dawnmarie

3 Ways an Intended Outcome Story Will Help Your Change

The lack of a clear vision is one of the major reasons organizational change initiatives fail. I agree that every organization should have a vision, but every organizational change needs more than a vision, it needs an intended outcome.

Are You Asking the Right Question for Successful Organizational Change?

Successful Change Begins with the End Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner, CMC Norman Rockwell said, “I paint the world as I want to it to be, not how it is.” This same philosophy applies to organizational change. Whether its increased competition, shifts in the market, higher costs, decreased revenue or a need to update processes and technology, most […]

Change Management 101

Defining change management What is change management? That was the question I was asked while introducing myself and answering the: “what do you do”, question. Although the person had heard the term he really didn’t understand what it was, or the value it can bring to an organization. In broad terms, organizational change management is […]

Rethinking Employee Involvement During Organizational Change

Employee involvement during organizational change is not optional It still surprises me when I hear a leader say, “the change is too large to involve everyone;” or, “we don’t have time to involve everyone.”   It surprises me because it is said as if employee involvement is an option. Your employees, the people you expect […]

When it comes to communicating your message: Once is never enough

Communication takes more than an email Today we can communicate with people easier and faster than ever before. Yet I consistently hear leaders and employees talking about feeling overwhelmed with information, but feel under informed about what is actually going on in their organization. Most of the new communication tools are passive: they leave little […]