{"id":1084,"date":"2016-10-18T13:04:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T05:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myronstaana.net\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2017-09-09T20:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T12:55:53","slug":"change-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mssbizsolutions.com\/change-management\/","title":{"rendered":"A.D.A.P.T. – A Five-stage Approach to Managing People through Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

In any organization, big or small, one of the most challenging and critical issues that both business owners and managers face is making their corporate talents embrace change including leading and managing them thru it.<\/span><\/p>\n

If not executed carefully and thoroughly, the change has the tendency to defeat its positive purpose and ends up being one of the worst headaches of the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

In our article for today, we discuss to you MSS Business Solutions\u2019 five-stage model to Change Management and how each process is done correctly and meticulously.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve come up with a mnemonic to help you remember the entire methodology as you manage changes that happen in your own company or group.<\/span><\/p>\n

A \u2013 Advise<\/u> all the influencers of the company<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"change<\/a><\/p>\n

Before calling on all the influencers of the organization and sitting down with them to discuss the change that is being introduced, the one taking the lead should first determine who these influencers are.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Influencers\u2019 don\u2019t necessarily have to be the President, Vice Presidents, or Senior Directors of the company. These change champions, as how they are often called, may or may not hold leadership positions. They can also be individual contributors (IC) and\/or non-supervisors\/non-managers who are basically \u2018influential\u2019 in their respective roles and departments.<\/span><\/p>\n

The major qualifications of influencers are the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. They are the lead in the division or department that will be the busiest and the most active function during the change process.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. They are the most influential not just because they hold top or senior leadership positions but also because they are the \u2018voices\u2019 that people will respect, listen to and act upon.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The nature of their duties and responsibilities in the company is both strategic, tactical, and operational in the sense that they are really the point people in internal and external communications and they are the closest to the people that the change process and its elements should be communicated to.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once these most corresponding influencers are gathered, the lead\u2019s next thing-to-do is to explain to them what the change is, how it came to be, why it has to take effect in the company, and what they are supposed to do to help one another convince their employees to see the good in it.<\/p>\n

    It is very important that the key people in the organization are not just aware of the change and the fact that they are expected to promote it and lead its implementation. They are not going to be able to convince their own employees to believe in it and champion it among their own team or cliques if they are not \u2018into it\u2019 themselves.<\/p>\n

    D \u2013 Devise<\/span> the Communication Plan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    \"communication<\/a><\/p>\n

    One of the serious mistakes of company managers who direct people through change is they do not go through the right \u2018one step at a time\u2019 process in communicating the change initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

    They think that employees \u2018below them\u2019, if I may, have no choice anyways so there is no use in communicating the change to begin with.<\/span><\/p>\n

    I\u2019ll tell you what. The moment that business owners, investors, and top honchos think this way is the beginning of the company\u2019s downfall.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The change agents identified in the previous stage MUST tackle how:<\/span><\/p>\n