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 […]
“I like change, but the people that work for me don’t”, that was comment a CEO recently made to me when we were talking about organizational change. I have heard this comment or similar “people hate change”. I understand why some leaders think their employees dislike change. Although most of us dislike the discomfort associated with change, I don’t believe the problem is that leaders fundamentally like change and employees don’t. I believe the reason it appears employees dislike change is because they are often not ready, and are excluded from its implementation. Involvement is key to increasing your employees’ readiness for change. Read more
Speaking to the Certified Management Consultants of Manitoba Jeff Stoughton the 2011 World Curling Champion described the exhilaration as he made the winning shot and reach his goal of becoming the best curler in the world. He credited his success to four key things, preparation, trust, belief and support. These same keys are also important to remember when facilitating organizational change. Read more
How do you manage organizational change when the change is mandated? This is a question I am often asked in the Living and Leading Executive program. A great question because the short answer is, change cannot be mandated. You may be thinking, oh yes it can, it happens all the time in my organization. But […]
