Aligns Change and Ensures Best Use of Talent, Methods and Resources
Outcomes
- Increased enterprise-wide success at change with fewer resources
- Change is strategically linked and prioritized to overall business strategy and goals
- Change support resources from across the organization are appropriately deployed
- Common change methodology and tools are used
- Change leaders get the consulting and project support they need to succeed
- Change expertise and development resides inside the organization
- Oversight and coordination of projects that speeds change and reduces costs
Issues Addressed
Organizations waste millions of dollars annually on mismanaging their overall change agenda and the resources to implement it. Change efforts are launched without clear ties to business outcomes, adequate resources or workload capacity. Changes are started but not completed because commitment and follow-through subside. Outside consulting support is hired when internal competencies exist but project leaders do not know how to access them. Multiple change methodologies are used causing duplicate work and confusion.
There is a simple solution to ensure the best use of change talent, resources and methodology.
Approach
Change is so costly in organizations because it lacks systematic discipline, structure and process. Change is a core aspect of every business, and now warrants a "C" Level Office: The Strategic Change Office (SCO) to ensure management discipline, successful outcomes, and return on investment.
We help clients build and implement a Strategic Change Office strategy that fits their scope of need. This can range from the informal with a leader taking on the "Chief" (as in Chief Change Office) role while they continue to do their currrent job or the very robust that includes the build out of a new department and staff. This office usually reports to the CEO/President, depending again on scope and scale.
In some cases, all change resources are placed into this new "office" for ease of access and deployment. In other cases, the office acts as a clearinghouse for change resources that continue to reside in their current locations, or a hybrid model is used.
We help build the new team, clarify its purpose and mission, roles and responsibilities, and operating protocols.
Clients who build a SCO license The Change Leader's Roadmap to serve as their common change process methodology. They train their change project leaders in the methodology and tools to deploy it in the most cost-effective manner.
This can be a very powerful strategy to ensure that all your change efforts deliver the results you need to drive your business strategy and goals.
Call us at 970-385-5100 to discuss whether a Strategic Change Office suits your needs. |
