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Avoid employees hearing “blah, blah, blah ...” during change

Feb 7, 2018 4:17:25 PM / by Elizabeth Byerly posted in Change leadership, change management, change leadership training, leading change management, change manager, employees

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giphy.gifIn our first blog post about Change Leadership, we talked about the hallmark of a great change leader as being able to navigate complex organizations, understanding what makes people tick and using that knowledge to inspire and motivate change.

Well, no matter how good you are at doing that, if all your employees are hearing is “blah, blah, blah,” they won’t get the vision for the change, grasp what success looks like for the company, nor understand what’s in it for them, how it affects them and how they can help make it happen.  

The best trick is to figure out how to strike the right balance between the serious nature of the change and conveying the details of all noted above, while avoiding corporate speak, high-level platitudes and the 'blah, blah, blah' of many change initiatives.

Another important thing to remember is that employees are people, and people like to laugh and have fun — and pay attention more when they do. I know I do! Here are some suggestions I've used on many of my change projects for making change more fun when possible. However, I would love to expand this with suggestions from all of YOUChime in to the comments below and share your tactics for overcoming the blah. 

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Leading Change Management so it Sticks

Dec 12, 2017 12:01:22 PM / by The HR Trove by Willis Towers Watson posted in Change leadership, change management, change leadership training, leading change management, change manager

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More often than not, change initiatives fail. In fact, the brutal truth is that over 70% of change initiatives fail because they focus solely on rational aspects such as systems, processes and skills. Leaders often neglect to address the human elements that accompany major transitions, including the different emotional journeys people experience, multiple vested interests that are often present, and a whole diversity of perspectives on, and reactions to, any particular change.

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