Common challenges of organizational change
July 7, 2008
In my conversations with organizational change practitioners, I’ve noticed there are at least seven common challenges they face:
- Leadership buy-in - how do we get the leadership team, especially the CEO, to take on ownership of the changes?
- Communication – how do we move beyond the prescribed speeches by leadership and get everyday managers and employees talking about this every day?
- Motivation – what are the best incentives to use to motivate people to change?
- Overcoming skepticism – how do we make people understand this is not “flavor of the month?”
- Project justification – how can we quantify intangibles so we can justify key change projects?
- Subjugating the urgent – how do we keep transformation from taking a back seat to firefighting?
- Longevity - once we build momentum and change starts to happen, how do we ensure it survives turnover in key positions (especially the chief executive)?
What are other challenges you face?
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