2010 December | Horizontal Change Management

A Change Management Example

Idea to End State Description to Implementation to Adoption to Culturization gets difficult right after the good idea.

Let’s follow the process.

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It would always be in the same place so grabbing a feed could be quick and simple.

I am guessing you do not even need a fancy change management method/theory/process dropped in your lap (or hovered in front of you out of reach until you get your wallet out) to start to see the difficulties in getting this

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Persistence Change Management- think like a barefoot ultra marathoner

Change requires persistence.

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Resistance to Change Beware Received Truths, Mental Models and Groupthink

Start on your path to effective change management by making a list of all the negative things that happen when you assume someone will resist. Simplify this exercise if you want and think of the difference between a discussion with an ally and one with someone you know to be, or think to be, an enemy (or at least a dissenter).

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Give Change a Chance

Client and people focused you are if as an external you resist the status quo of the gurus to get to positive and beneficial end states. Change focused you are with the same approach as a leader. But you are a black sheep.

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Celebrated Naysayers

Use your make sense change and a clean change process to overcome naysayer obstacles.

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Explaining Change Management

Taking the time to work through the explanation may just create the idea that makes sense for commitment.

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The Horizontal Change Management lock and load list- 10 Posts to get you started

2011 must be right around the corner and there must be some planning going on because my blog stats are showing a lock and load pattern.

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Enlightening Change Management Stat and comments

Creating a C level Change Management leader for your organization is brilliant- for the potential for success, for the reputation of your company, for the show of awareness it signals. Kudos to you if you are in the 11% or plan to make it 12%. But know that you are in uncharted territory. If you are guided by status quo the hornets nest might just get disturbed.

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Change Participation

If you want participation that is true commitment, you must know what that means and you must honor levels below that measure. And so we loop back to Leadership and Communication.

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Change Leadership

Change leaders are both stakeholders and guiding influences. They must balance visibility, participation and the delivery of information in order to draw out motivation, participation and action for change.

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