Organizational change management pitfalls and mistakes
Top twenty common mistakes in leading organizational transformation
Leaders are confronted with an increasing rate of change and complexity and need to find ways to deal with it. Leading a company through change has become different from how it was ten to twenty years ago.
Without foresight and preparation, organizations succumb to pitfalls that are typically foreseeable and avoidable.
Pitfalls to avoid during organizational transformation:
Top 20+ organizational change management pitfalls and mistakes
The baseline requirement of change management is to plan and prepare
The baseline requirement of change management is to plan and prepare. Once this is done, successful implementation of change requires acceptance that communication and engagement are the keys to effective change.
People in the organization own the culture, so ignoring people concerns during organizational change is foolhardy
Resistance to change will be highest where the need for change is not effectively communicated and where the benefits of change are not understood by all.
Responsive to change
Charles Darwin once wrote:
It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones who are most responsive to change
Indeed, failure to adapt on a macro-level has caused numerous companies to go under and on a micro-level can cause serious issues when it comes to needed organizational changes.
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Here’s a resource and model our team used effectively in the past to address #6 and ensure we also focus on the People Side of Change.
Awareness
Desire
Knowledge
Ability
Reinforcement
from Jeffrey Hiatt and Timothy Creasey’s book: Change Management; The People Side of Change.