System Reset: Rebooting for Change

Upon a leader communicating change to employees, did you ever hear,

"When are we ever going to stop changing things?"
How about, "This has worked fine for years, why are we changing it now?"
How about, "Why can't they leave well enough alone?"
Have you ever heard, Dont worry about these changes; this administration
will be gone soon enough.
These expressions reflect symptoms of not only employees resisting change,
but more importantly, leaders potentially not fulfilling their responsibility in
communicating change.
This presentation has been designed to help leaders communicate change
and create an environment where employees overcome resistance and
everyone learns how to embrace change.
Common sense says, if employees are good at resisting change, a leader
needs to be just as effective in getting them to embrace change.
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System Reset: Rebooting for Change

Organizational Change Management

State of California
August 2015
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Catalysts for Organizational Change

Providing employees with new information, new
behavioral models, new processes or procedures,
new equipment, new technology, or new ways of
getting the job done.

People Focused

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Why Do People Resist Change?

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Feel they will suffer, in some way

Organization does not communicate clearly
Perceive more work with few opportunities
Required to give up ingrained habits
Organization lacks adequate rewards
Organization lacks sufficient resources

Managed vs Unmanaged Change

Productive
Behaviors
Employee Productivity

Managed Change

Unmanaged Change

Unproductive
Behaviors
Time

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Top 8 Reasons Change Efforts Fail

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No sense of urgency
Lack of leadership or central guidance
Lack of vision
Under-communicating the vision
Not removing obstacles to new vision
Not planning for short-term wins
Declaring victory too soon
Changes not anchored in the corporate culture

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The Importance of Culture

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

-Sign hanging at the Ford Motor Company

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Steps to Managing Organizational Change

Step

Description

Establish a sense of urgency

Create a compelling reason for why change is needed

Create the guiding coalition

Create a cross-functional, cross-level group of people with enough

power to lead the change

Develop a vision, strategy and plan

Create a vision and strategic plan to guide the change process

Communicate the vision

Create and implement a communication strategy that consistently

communicates the vision and plan

Empower action

Eliminate barriers to change. Encourage risk taking and create problem

solving

Generate short term wins

Plan for and create short term wins, or improvements. Recognize and
reward people who contribute to those wins

Consolidate wins and produce more

change

The guiding coalition uses credibility from short term wins to create
more change. Additional people are brought into the coalition from
those successes

Anchor to the culture

Reinforce the changes by highlighting connections between new

behaviors, processes, technology and organizational successes.

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Points to Remember

Change is a process, not an event

Change is made by individuals, then organizations
Its a highly personal experience for those involved
Successful change efforts require planning, organization,
resources and action
Success is more likely to occur when a team is given
responsibility for managing the change, and leadership is
accountable for its success

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Thank You

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Questions?

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