Organizational Development Consultant and Leadership Coach

The 4 Phases of Sustainable Change

October 26, 2014

If you are designing a change program, you will likely want to customize a plan that will best meet the needs of your particular situation.  I’ve shared a few models of transformational change over the last few weeks, and today I share my own model.As we all know, most change programs don’t stick.  So this model focuses on sustainability.

Whatever model you chose or customize, successful organizational change is reliant on a solid plan, buy-in and engagement with key stakeholders, rigorous implementation, and a focus on the factors that will enable long term sustainability.

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The 5 Phases of Business Transformation

October 13, 2014

In this blog I share insights from Clive Mallard of The Independents’ Consultant, who articulates sound advice for anyone involved in a large scale change within their organization.

It may be that you’re dealing with a single process within the business, or a specific function of the business; you could even be involved in part of a major transformation programme across the business. Whatever the scale though, for a business transformation to be successful, each of the 5 phases must be followed. So here’s a brief overview…The first phase is to Discover what the burning Continue reading
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Why implementation matters in a major change effort

October 7, 2014

This excellent article from McKinsey is a must read for those implementing transformational change in their workplace.

Why implementation matters

How important is the way you implement a major change effort? We surveyed more than 2,000 global executives to find out—and to learn from the best.

August 2014 | byRaphael Pustkowski, Jesse Scott, and Joseph Tesvic

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