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Mistake - #1 - Starting too late
Pressure to act quickly undermines values and culture
Leaders take drastic steps quickly with no time to explorealternatives
Values about participation, involvement, or concern forpeople disappear
Cynicism grows
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Mistake - #2 - No winning strategy
The best change program in theworld wont do any good if yourorganisation doesnt have a strategy
for getting where it wants to go
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Mistake - #3 - Fanfare All too often organizations announce big
changes and new programs with big eventsand fanfare, but then very little actuallyhappens
The initial energy and enthusiasm fades,specific changes are never identified letalone implemented, results arent realized,
managers dont adjust, or maybe somethingeven better comes along leading to a newlaunch with new fanfare
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Mistake - #4 - Employees hear it from the media first Journalists dig for information, and
items can run in the media beforeemployees hear about them
Middle managers look dumb anduninformed
Employees feel insulted and leftout
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Mistake - #5 - Failure to make a compellingand urgent case for change
Failure to create a strong sense of urgency causes a changemovement to lose momentum before it gets a chance tostart
Establishing a true sense of urgency without creating anemergency is the first objective achieved to overcome theroutine of daily business
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Mistake - #6 - Only focusing on the rational elements Organizational change will be extremely difficult in most
cases if managers rely only on making a case to the rational,analytical, problem-solving side of the brain
Instead, they must also make an emotional case for changeand align the rational and emotional elements of the appeal
Before you can get buy-in, people need to feel the problem
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Mistake - #7 - Not dealing proactively with resistance Managing resistance to change is challenging and its not
possible to be aware of all sources of resistance to change
Expecting that there will be resistance to change and beingprepared to manage it is a proactive step
Its far better to anticipate objections than to spend yourtime putting out fires, and knowing how to overcome
resistance to change is a vital part of any changemanagement plan
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Mistake - #7 - Not dealing proactively with resistance
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Mistake - #8 - everyones reaction will beeven remotely like yours
One of the biggest mistakes you can make in initiating majorcompany changes is to expect that everyones reaction willbe even remotely like yours.
Regardless of the catalyst for the change, it will be youremployees who determine whether it successfully achievesits desired outcome.
Organizations dont change . People door they dont.
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Mistake - #9 - Lack of communication Change management communications need to be
targeted to each segment of the workforce, and delivered ina two-way fashion that allows people to make sense of thechange subjectively
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Mistake - #10 - Not enough leadership
To many leaders focus too much on management and toolittle on leadership
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Mistake - #11 - Ignoring current corporate culture All change in organisations is
challenging, but perhaps themost daunting is changingculture
When people in an organizationrealize and recognize that theircurrent organisational cultureneeds to transform to supportthe organisations success andprogress, change can occur.
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Mistake - #11 - Ignoring current corporate cultureDo not under-estimate the statusquo culture
What are the values of thecurrent culture and will theyneed to change to ensuresuccess?
Culture eats strategy for breakfast,lunch and dinner
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Mistake - #12- Failure to understand and shapethe informal organization
Organizations usually have networks and coalitions ofpeople that are not visible on the formal organization chart.These networks and coalitions help shape opinion
They can either accelerate or retard change. Ignoring orcircumventing these groups can result in actual resistance
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Mistake - #13 - Not involving the employees
Leaders must actively involve the people most affectedby the change in its implementation
This will help ensure employees at all levels of theorganization embrace the proposed changes
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Mistake - #14 - Over-reliance on structure andsystems to change behavior
Structural and systems changes help create a new contextand orientation. And they have the surface appeal of beingvisible and fast
But people do not become different just because you putthem in a new context
Structures and systems, by themselves, dont changepeoples behavior or give them new skills
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Mistake - #15 - Failure to distinguish betweendecision-driven and behavior dependent change
Getting people to change their behavior requires a differentmindset and a different set of leadership skills than makingdecisions about strategy
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Mistake - #16 - Lack of skills and resources Change does not happen through goals and exhortation
alone. Like any business operation, It also calls for the rightskills and resources
Organizations often simply fail to commit the necessarytime, people, and resources to making change work
Paradoxically, successful behavior change often demands
the very skills the change Is trying to create
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Mistake - #17 - Focusing only on the long term Large-scale organizational change is a long process
Break down your vision into smaller short-term goals, andcommunicate short-term successes at each opportunity
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Mistake - #18 - Failing to plan small successivesuccesses
An important part of sticking to the vision is to createopportunities to achieve smaller goals along the way
These small successes will not only work directly towardachieving the desired change, but will create positivefeelings of accomplishment and the drive to pursue the nextgoal
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Mistake - #19 - Using the wrong indicatorsto measure progress
When a major change effort gets under way, executivesoften are scared off by the symptoms of their success
Dont panic if you see problems vis--vis morale, job stress,loyalty, the trust level or job satisfaction
It could be proof that youre doing precisely the right things
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Mistake - #20 - Assuming that change is completeonce initial goals are achieved
If you declare victory too soon, the focus will be taken awayfrom your efforts, and all traces of your hard work couldsoon disappear
Successful companies consistently re-evaluate their changeefforts to determine where other areas can be improved,such as employee development and retention, new projectsand new systems and structures
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Mistake - #21 - Excessively open-ended process Achieving fundamental change in an organization is at least
a 2 to 3 year process
But organizations often run out of energy or lose focus after9 to 15 months
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