Change Management
Getting change to stick!
Excalibur consultants are seasoned, change management experts. We’ve worked with leadership teams to design and execute change programs and processes in a variety of industries and situations.
Principles of Change Management
We promote the following principles when helping you to lead change:
- People need to understand the CONTEXT and NEED for change
- Leadership needs to be able to build and communicate a compelling VISION for the change
- Expect RESISTANCE, deal with it effectively and turn it into support
- INVOLVE the people closest to and most affected by the change in the design of the change
- Organizational leaders need to believe in and visibly SUPPORT the change
- Leaders need to develop CHAMPIONS for change in the organization and build a CRITICAL MASS of support for the change to be successful
- During the change, leaders must COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE!
Change is a process
Here are the main phases of any change process:
- Assess the current state (“As Is”)
- Explain need and context for change
- Gauge commitment to change
- Understand capacity to change
- Create the future state (“To Be”)
- Paint a desirable, attracting picture
- Significantly better and different than today
- Answers the question – “What’s in it for me?”
- Determine the GAP between the “As Is” and the “To Be”
- Architect the Change – create the plan to close the gap
- Lead and manage through the transition
The Change Model
Here’s a model that depicts the change process.
Read about Excalibur's success in managing change for a major Biotech company. Download the client profile (PDF).