Top 20+ change management mistakes to avoid

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Top 20+ change management mistakes to avoid

Mistake - #1 - Starting too late • Pressure to act quickly undermines values and culture • Leaders take drastic steps qu...

Mistake - #2 - No winning strategy • The best change program in the world won’t do any good if your organisation doesn’...

Mistake - #3 - Fanfare • All too often organizations announce big changes and new programs with big events and fanfare,...

Mistake - #4 - Employees hear it from the media first • Journalists dig for information, and items can run in the media ...

Mistake - #5 - Failure to make a compelling and urgent case for change • Failure to create a strong sense of urgency cau...

Mistake - #6 - Only focusing on the rational elements • Organizational change will be extremely difficult in most cases ...

Mistake - #7 - Not dealing proactively with resistance • Managing resistance to change is challenging and it’s not possi...

Mistake - #7 - Not dealing proactively with resistance 18 October 2014 www.torbenrick.eu 9

Mistake - #8 - everyone’s reaction will be even remotely like yours • One of the biggest mistakes you can make in initia...

Mistake - #9 - Lack of communication • Change management communications need to be targeted to each segment of the workf...

Mistake - #10 - Not enough leadership • To many leaders focus too much on management and too little on leadership 18 Oc...

Mistake - #11 - Ignoring current corporate culture • All change in organisations is challenging, but perhaps the most d...

Mistake - #11 - Ignoring current corporate culture Do not under-estimate the status quo culture • What are the values o...

Mistake - #12- Failure to understand and shape the informal organization • Organizations usually have networks and coali...

Mistake - #13 - Not involving the employees • Leaders must actively involve the people most affected by the change in it...

Mistake - #14 - Over-reliance on structure and systems to change behavior • Structural and systems changes help create a...

Mistake - #15 - Failure to distinguish between decision-driven and behavior dependent change • Getting people to change ...

Mistake - #16 - Lack of skills and resources • Change does not happen through goals and exhortation alone. Like any busi...

Mistake - #17 - Focusing only on the long term • Large-scale organizational change is a long process • Break down your v...

Mistake - #18 - Failing to plan small successive successes • An important part of sticking to the vision is to create o...

Mistake - #19 - Using the wrong indicators to measure progress • When a major change effort gets under way, executives ...

Mistake - #20 - Assuming that change is complete once initial goals are achieved • If you declare victory too soon, the ...

Mistake - #21 - Excessively open-ended process • Achieving fundamental change in an organization is at least a 2 to 3 ye...

Good luck © Torben Rick http://www.torbenrick.eu Blog http://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/

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