Change isn’t easy, our guide to successfully navigate change
Change is not easy. There are so many leadership books around change. Leading people through change, the change curve etc stories to tell people, videos to get people engaged and management courses on how to navigate it but change is a strange thing…
There is a natural resistant to change – more often than not people will put up a wall in relation to change – there are so many reasons not to change, to not do thing differently but above all else change takes effort and courageous and most people don’t want to make the extra effort or be courageous enough.
This explains why 70% of organisations fail to executive change. They have the plan and strategy and it all makes sense but can’t make the change. This is a major issue, cost and reason for poor financial / commercial outcomes for businesses, so what is the secret?
Strong leadership that explains the why and takes people on the journey to deliver. A mandate to make change in the organisation is required from the senior leaders / shareholders otherwise it will fail. Having strong leaders that understand the why and how and work with the team in the trenches to drive champion celebrate and push the change.
It’s not easy - it takes tenacity and persistent to continue to make changes to the organisation. If you are doing it right there will be resistant and push back and barriers for you to keep going – you then know you are on the right track. Find some people that support the change and can help champion with you to provide support.
Looking Back…
Looking back it’s the time in my career when I have overcome and adversity and made change despite the naysayers that I am most proud of the outcome. Delivering outcomes for businesses is what I love – making a different to commercial model and financial outcomes is my number 1 passion. There is such an opportunity to make a difference for businesses especially post COVID but having the courage to do this is critical.
What are the key things you should consider when making change:
Having support at the senior level for the change
Being clear on the why and communicating this
Getting people to see the greater good of the work that needs to get done
Track and measure the outcome
Hold people to account
Looking to reset your own strategic priorities and make some change in your organisation? Let us help.
Whiteark is not your average consulting firm, we have first-hand experience in delivering transformation programs for private equity and other organisations with a focus on people just as much as financial outcomes. We understand that execution is the hardest part, and so we roll our sleeves up and work with you to ensure we can deliver the required outcomes for the business. Our co-founders have a combined experience of over 50 years’ working as Executives in organisations delivering outcomes for shareholders. Reach out for a no obligation conversation on how we can help you. Contact us on whiteark@whiteark.com.au
