Trying to standardize the practice of Change Management.
There are plenty of things that are consistent enough from practitioner to practitioner to agree on a set of approaches. But…
Feeling the need to standardize- for the consultants to sell their services and for the client to have clarity on value- is a symptom of a greater problem. Change Management needs to connect directly to strategic direction and to individual work effort.
You could say the needed change is away from a project management focus and toward an ongoing corporate structure that can leverage people and then roll out projects.
As a change management consultant this affects me in that I will often be called in to orchestrate the symptoms rather than address the core problem- so the change itself can happen.
