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Confirm the Business Change Sponsor

• The Change Sponsor provides a critical role for any change or transformation pro-gramme. The sponsor is the visible champion of the change, not only articulating the vision and direction to all stakeholders but demonstrably living the change. 

Business and Programme Benefits

• Change doesn't happen overnight, neither do the benefits associated with change. Depending on the scale of the organisation or the change team, it can take time to fully process the change and realise the benefits. A key challenge in planning benefits realisation is to understand the organisation current state, its planned business goals and its derived benefits against the transition programme planned goals & benefits

Change Readiness Assessment

• The Change Readiness Assessment (CRA) provides a process organisations can follow to confirm and reinforcing their change goals. The CRA examines key factors including awareness, receptivity, and capability. It validates what must be done to prepare for and improve the success of the business transformation. It's also a great way for the change manager to better understand the business and better understanding everyone in the organisation.

High-level Stakeholder Analysis

• The focus is on both internal and external stakeholders, as a change happening internally will affect external partners! The high-level analysis will enable the identification of early adopters and influences (plus resistors & threats), to seek out those who can add value to the change initiative.

Change Impact Assessment

• Whether change is planned, structured and clear or takes place organically over time, there are many factors which will impact the success of the change initiative. The change impact assessment is a process to analyse the impact of a proposed change initiative on the organisation. This assessment focuses on the affect at all levels of the organisational, the structure, culture, from stakeholders and customers, enabling you to identify issues before they arise so that plans can be put in place to mitigate their impact

Influence Analysis

• Identifying stakeholders who will help promote and positively influence change within an organisation is extremely important. The Influence Commitment Analysis is designed to identify key people and resources that will help evolve and transform change over time. Key to its success is to seek out problems which can undermine the change initiative as early as possible in order to not hinder any further progress.

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Manage Adopters

• Successful organisational change initiatives utilise a group of people from all levels of the company to model the new behaviours, promote the benefits of the change, and encourage others to join in... these are the early adopters. While some may be assigned, most desire to be a part of the crowd that gets early access to the impacts of the change and have the greatest degree of impact on the final solution

Manage Bystanders

• Bystanders play an important role in the change management process. Bystanders are those who are not directly involved in the change process, but who may be affected by it. They can provide valuable insights or observations about the change process that can help improve its effectiveness. While bystanders may not be directly involved in the change process, they still have a significant impact on its success.

Manage Resistors

• There will always be employees who resist change. It's important to understand why they are resisting and how to manage them.  There are several different reasons why people resist change in a workplace. The primary reason is usually that they don't feel comfortable with the change or they don't completely understand the change and what that means for them personally.

Manage Casualties

• Casualties are people negatively affected by the change initiative, typically they are individuals whose role has changed or disappeared. There are not always casualties in a change management initiative. It is important to identify and understand how they are impacted to manage them effectively so that the transformation is not jeopardised.

Manage Communications

• Communications are critical to the success of every change initiative. Whether you're communicating with your team, your stakeholders, or other people who will be affected by the change, it's important to manage communication effectively. Effective communications will keep everyone informed & engaged in the project and in turn help ensure the project's success.

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During the Programme

• The adoption of change is important, however, if it isn't monitored during the transition, some activities can be detrimental to the change process. There's also significant complexity in implementing change, it takes a lot of work to achieve the new way of working in an organisation.  It's also difficult to determine whether the planned changes are beneficial thus measuring and tracking implementation is crucial.

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During the Programme

• The Change Management Team is responsible for the successful adoption and implementation of change, they enable impacted employees to comprehend the shift, commit to it, and operate efficiently during and after the transition. A key role in managing a seamless transition the Change Manager (who may have various titles described below), however there are others who will be involved...

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Post Implementation Support Plan

• As with many other articles here on X4MIS, it is about creating sustainable change, this includes providing materials to help businesses embrace and prosper with their change in the future. There are many different ways to enact a Post Implementation Support Plan, and many Change Managers have different methods to do this. I will cover some below, but it is important to remember, with the right people and the right attitude, change is a catalyst for great things.

Adoption Review

• It takes a lot of work and complexity to alter an organisation. It is simple to become engrossed in the change process itself, especially when it takes place over the course of several months or years. But ultimately, it's crucial to keep your attention on the motivation behind the shift. The moment eventually arrives to examine the adjustments your company has made and determine whether or not your efforts are truly having an impact.

Vision and Values

• The change programme should embody the values and contribute to the vision & goals. These all work in unison to provide a company direction. They maintain everyone's attention on the direction and goals of the company. Additionally, they outline the organization's essential beliefs and the behaviours that are required of its members.

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