How do you manage change in your organisation? If you’ve ever wondered if your change management approach is on track to helping you achieve your project objectives then take a moment to review this handy checklist. From change management planning to reinforcing change and all the steps in between, Prosci has a practical and comprehensive solution to enabling change. How many boxes can you tick?
Change management planning
Have you…
- Identified project results and outcomes?
- Selected and applied a systematic approach for managing the people side of change?
- Allocated sufficient and dedicated resources for change management?
- Assessed change readiness and risk, and adapted accordingly?
- Engaged project teams to explain why and how change should be effectively managed? Developed the necessary change management plans?
- Integrated your change management activities into your project management steps or lifecycle?
- Presented your change management plans to those involved in the execution (sponsors, project teams, etc)?
Sponsorship
Have you…
- Developed your primary sponsor’s understanding of roles and responsibilities?
- Enabled your primary sponsor to deliver key communications that are expected from senior leadership?
- Drawn up the sponsor assessment diagram (with leaders from all impacted groups) needed for your initiative?
- Enabled your sponsor to build this coalition with the required senior leaders?
Communication
Have you…
- Identified all of the different audiences you need to communicate with throughout the organisation?
- Identified who the ideal sender of communication messages will be?
- Identified the most effective channels of communication?
- Created mechanisms to enable two-way communication?
Coaching
Have you…
- Created the expectation that managers and supervisors will be coaches of their direct reports during change?
- Prepared coaches to communicate the “what’s in it for me” messages to their direct reports?
- Provided the knowledge, training and tools to help supervisors be effective coaches?
- Taught your change coaches how to identify and respond to resistance?
Resistance management
Have you…
- Proactively identified what resistance might look like? Proactively identified where resistance is likely to come from?
- Developed measures to prevent or mitigate resistance before it happens?
- Developed an approach to deal with resistance when it occurs?
Training
Have you…
- Identified current skill levels?
- Identified skill gaps?
- Created engaging training programs aligned with adult learning theory?
- Effectively scheduled training when people need it?
Reinforcement
Have you…
- Created a system to track the adoption and usage of the new solution?
- Established a way to gather feedback from those who are being impacted by the change? Implemented mechanisms for diagnosing gaps and resistance?
- Prepared methods for celebrating successes (even small ones) during implementation?
To learn how to implement the steps identified in this checklist join us at the Prosci Change Management Certification Program.
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