How to implement organizational change successfully?
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- 3+ months ago by rjean
- Topics:
- management
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You have to work hard to change an organization successfully. When you plan carefully and build the proper foundation, implementing change can be much easier, and you'll improve the chances of success. If you're too impatient, and if you expect too many results too soon, your plans for change are more likely to fail.Create a sense of urgency, recruit powerful change leaders, build a vision and effectively communicate it, remove obstacles, create quick wins, and build on your momentum. If you do these things, you can help make the change part of your organizational culture. That's when you can declare a true victory. then sit back and enjoy the change that you envisioned so long ago.
For successfully implementing change, generally we follow 8 steps. First one is the management support for the change so that employees feel good comfort. Second step is case of change.It can be a result of data collected on defect rates, customer satisfaction survey, employee satisfaction survey, customer comment cards, business goals as a result of a strategic planning session or budget pressures. Third step is the important: Employee involvement. Every employee should work hard to get the better results. Fourth step is communication.When there is poor communication and the rumour mill starts spreading rumors about change, it can create resistance to the change. Being proactive in communications can minimize resistance and make employees feel like they are part of the process. Fifth is the implementation. Once a change is planned, it is important to have good communication about the rollout and implementation of the change. A timeline should be made for the implementation and should make changes in the order that affect the process and the employees who manage the process. The next one is the follow up.Whenever a change is made it is always good to follow-up after implementation and assess how the change is working and if the change delivered the results that were intended. The 7th is removing the barriers. Sometimes employees encounter barriers when implementing changes. Barriers can be with other employees, other departments, inadequate training, lacking equipment or supply needs. Sometimes management also needs to deal with resistant or difficult employees. The final is celebrating.It is important to celebrate successes along the way as changes are made. Celebrating the small changes and building momentum for bigger changes are what makes employees want to participate in the process .