"You manage things, but you lead people", wrote Steven Covey in his landmark book, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
Successful change depends on effective leadership at all levels - from team leaders through to senior executives. This means that change capabilities need to be an integral part of the leadership development curriculum.
Adopting a consistent change methodology and tools is necessary but not sufficient. Without leadership at all levels, change management can become a set of checklists and templates - or worse, a set of tick boxes for compliance.
Just as a bird needs two wings to fly, leadership skills and a change methodology are both needed for building organisational change management capability. In our experience, the starting point can be either one, as long as the other capability follows quickly.
Best wishes
Catherine Smithson,
Managing Director
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New Best Practices in Change Management
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 "Change initiatives that include effective Change Management are five times more likely to meet objectives."
This is just one of the key findings of the 2009 Edition of Prosci's Best Practices in Change Management released last week.
The 2009 report reveals the insights, success factors and lessons learned from 575 business leaders in 65 countries.
The 21 topics covered include the role of executives and managers, resistance, change saturation, communication and resourcing. Packed with practical advice and tips, it's an essential "how to" guide for succeeding with change management.
Find out more or order your copy from our Bookstore - click here
Complimentary Best Practices Roundtable - Explore key findings and assess your organisation against best practices with Prosci's complimentary Best Practices Roundtable, from the convenience of your office. Click here. |
Gain Accreditation in Change Management
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Become an accredited practitioner in the Prosci Change Management Process by attending Prosci's Change Management Certification Program Presented by Being Human.
Plus you'll apply the powerful Prosci methodology to a current change and create a Change Management Plan for a current project, fast tracking implementation.
Attend as a team and save 20% off the tuition fee and develop a common approach to change.
Being Human is the exclusive provider of Prosci's internationally recognised public certification program in Australia and New Zealand. - Perth November 4-6.
- Sydney November 25-27.
In house programs also available. Read more
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New studies show up to 70% of changes fail
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 The majority of changes fail, according to a new global study of 10,000 change projects. The Standish Group's 2009 Chaos Study found that only 32% of changes succeeded, 44% were challenged and 24% failed. Read more
IBM's Global Making Change Work Study found that only 41% of changes succeeded. It also found success rates increased when organisations used a structured Change Management approach and professional change managers. Read more
The high failure rate of change underlines the importance of change management in managing risk and ensuring people are ready, willing and able to change.
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Light Bulb Moment - Sponsorship |
 "We realised that if we don't ask our project Sponsor to be more involved, we will never find out whether he has time for us. So we asked our Sponsor to attend a meeting with the project team on only two days' notice, expecting him to say no, but he said yes. "We made it easy for him by putting the key messages together into slides and gave him a short briefing the day before. We achieved the result we were after and more! The Sponsor meeting the team in their work area worked well and the questions flowed. "The team now understands how important the project is and got a big boost. The Sponsor realises he and the other senior managers have a critical role in enabling the project to succeed." Send us your Light Bulb Moments to publish in future issues - Click here. |
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Best Practices in
Change Management
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 Maximise the success of your change projects by applying the insights and lessons learned from 575 change leaders around the world.
The 2009 Edition of Prosci's Best Practices in Change Management is now available. Read more
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How GE Teaches Teams to Lead Change
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GE is accelerating the pace and success of change by training natural work teams. GE's innovative Leadership Innovation and Growth program is featured in Harvard Business Review, Jan 2009. Read article |
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Contact Us
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Being Human Pty Ltd
info@beinghuman.com.au+61 2 9810 6264Visit WebsiteOur mission is to develop the change and leadership capabilities of organisations. We are the Primary Affiliate for Prosci in Australia and are licensed to present Prosci's change management programs and its Toolkits, Benchmarking Reports and books through our Bookstore. "I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better." Georg C Lichtenberg
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