Organisations change overtime to achieve a future state that involves a specific and desired outcome. The need for change is always driven by an opportunity or a problem to solve in terms of structures, processes, or systems. However, for an organisations’ change to be successful individuals will be required to change by adopting to the new values and ways of working.
An organisations’ most important asset is their employees; employers need to keep in mind employees’ considerations when implementing changes that will affect how they do their jobs. In our experience, effectively addressing the people impacts, people challenges and people consequences alongside the transformation of implementation activities, minimises the risks and supports the delivery of sustainable business benefits.
One of the most important aspects of change management is engaging the hearts and minds of the employees through consistent and effective communication. The organisation leaders are required to ensure they give employees a clear context about a change, why it’s happening and what it means to them.
Typical questions that employees ask around a change initiative are what is changing; why it is changing; how will it affect my unit; and how will it affect me directly?
From experience, based on employee’s typical questions on change initiatives, the purpose organisations should put focus on change initiatives is to make people aware of why there is a need for change; ensure employees develop the desire for change; and that the change is being re-enforced.
When the change initiatives are well managed within an organisation, there are many benefits that can be realised with the view of increasing efficiency of business operations. The benefits include less disruption to the organisation’s well-being during the transition; people in the organisation become more willing and capable of change; and minimises the possibility of change failure by responding to the challenges more efficiently with high level of ownership by the stakeholders involved
Partnering with FnR Consulting for your Organisation Change Initiatives?
At FnR, supporting organisations’ effective change management is at the core of our business:
- We have a team of experienced and highly skilled change management practitioners that will bring vast knowledge and experience on board.
- We approach our engagements in collaborations with our clients to deliver value and benefits with the view of transferring knowledge to our client teams for empowerment on future change management projects.
- Our Change Management methodology is vigorous and customizable to clients’ unique circumstances. We work closely with clients’ management teams to ensure success.