4 Ways The Change Team Should Be Supporting You

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As the senior sponsor in your organisation, you play a critical role when it comes to driving transformation. But that doesn’t mean you have to go it alone.  Research shows that initiatives with great change management in place are far more likely to deliver desired outcomes. To really make an impact and see sustainable transformation in your organisation, you need a great change team.

In this episode, I discuss why having a dedicated change team is so important.  I dive into how, with the right team, you can confidently focus your efforts on the highest impact activities, knowing that the change team is delivering to get the job done. I also share my take on why having a change team as opposed to a single change manager is far more effective when it comes to supporting you to embed new ways of working across the organisation as a whole.

I share 4 specific categories of support the change team should be providing you. I also reveal the high impact ways you need to support your team in return, including owning the narrative, providing ongoing visibility and being open to expert advice.

To make life easier for you, I’ve created a bonus “Change Team Roles & Responsibilities Checklist” for you to use when designing your change team. 

Pop your details below to download the Checklist now.

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode!


TOPICS DISCUSSED AND WHERE TO FIND THEM:

[1:30]: Research shows that there’s a correlation between the success of a transformational initiative and how well the people side of the change was managed

[2:20]: As the senior sponsor, you own the change but that doesn’t mean you need to drive it by yourself. Too many organisations embed a single change manager in the project team which leaves a big gap.

[3:30]: A successful transformation requires a change team, not just a change manager

[4:40]: #1: Navigation

  • Developing evidence based change management strategies and plans

  • Communication, training and coaching plans

  • Successfully implement all of those plans from beginning to end

[5:30]: #2: Strategic communication expertise 

  • Creating smart and compelling communications that are intentionally designed to cut through to get the attention of your audience

  • Understanding which communication tactics work best at each point in the change journey and applying them in the right way

  • Looking for and creating opportunities to share the change story

  • Change team partnering with the corporate communications team to seamlessly integrate multi channel communications across the organisation

[7:15]: #3: Strategic advice

  • As things change, supporting you with evidence based recommendations 

  • Suggesting tactics that are based on the strategic intent of the initiative, your organisational context and your personal strengths 

  • Advice you on how best to influence the change and coach you as needed

[8:45]: #4: Assuring and reporting

  • Using a change success dashboard to report progress

  • Capturing insights and analysing them from across the business 

  • Recommending mitigation strategies when faced with resistance  

[10:00]: There are things you must do in return

  • Own and give the team the strategic narrative

  • Allocate appropriate resources so the team is able to deliver

  • Give them your ongoing visibility

  • Being open to expert advice

[11:25]: Please share this episode with one other person who will get value out of the content

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Pop your details below to download the “Change Team Roles and Responsibilities Checklist now.

Kate Byrne