Leading People Through Sustainable Change
The Wolf Group partners with clients to engage leaders, managers, and employees in the implementation of strategies and tactics to achieve desired change and enhance business performance.
Organizational change is a fact of business. New opportunities, new products, and new business initiatives are exciting moments that signal change and disruption. Most of these change efforts require significant adjustments in how large numbers of people get work done. It’s important for leaders to inspire the buy-in and commitment of the people who are being asked to change. Competitive pressures, innovation, and access to information have increased the frequency and shortened the cycles of change. The need for structured and sustainable approaches to strategic change and learning is increasing.
Change is not easy. Roughly 70 percent of change efforts are fixes that fail or fall short of the desired outcome. Failure of change efforts can lead to destructive outcomes, such as low productivity and morale, unmet expectations, wasted time and money, and increased employee turnover.
When leaders are aware of the concerns people have regarding change and the reasons why a change typically fails, they can employ a series of strategies and tactics to overcome roadblocks to change.
Leading Change for Organizations of all Sizes
The Wolf Group consultants can help people affected by change show greater buy-in. People are less resistant when they are actively involved and have opportunities to influence the change process each step of the way. Contrary to popular belief, people do not resist change; they resist being controlled.
Basic principle steps in the approach to change:
Identify the Business Case for Change: Invite Change
Before any changes can be made, time must be devoted to gaining an accurate and detailed understanding of your current organizations reality. Improve your business by measuring values.
Envision the Future: Inspire Vision
A clear vision sets free energy, promotes alignment and focus, and fuels proactive, productive action in the direction that best serves the change you want.
Leadership for Change: One Voice
Select a leadership team aligned with organizational values and vision to explain and drive the business case for change.
Expand Involvement and Influence: Buy In
Inviting open dialog and feedback with employees and teams can assist in making a case for change and increasing overall organizational involvement and influence.
Enable and Encourage: New Skills and Commitment
Identify the skills sets that are necessary to strengthen and support managers, employees and teams that support the rollout of change initiatives successfully.
Keep Reality in the Conversation: Collaborative Efforts
Expand thinking by looking outside the organization to gain perspective and focus inside your organization to gain insight.
Creating Community: Reach Sustainable Results
Ensure people feel allegiance to their respective part of the organization and allegiance to the larger whole.
Whether the change initiative is big or small The Wolf Group will help. Contact us at 877-408-8364 to discuss how we can be of service with your organizational change initiatives.
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