Management Development Services:
Leading Change
Never in the history of corporate enterprise has change become
so all important. Globalization and the information age have created
a new level of competition which tries even the most established
and well thought-out plans. The press of re-engineering, downsizing
and the merger/acquisition frenzy has caught many companies off
guard or left them out of balance. The result has created a need
to take a closer look at the bottom line; a need to cut away the
fat and take another look at operations from the inside out. All
this implies change.
"The rate of change is not going to slow down any time soon.
If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed
up even more in the next few decades."
John Kotter, Havard Business School, from
his book, "Leading Change"
To stay alive in the future will mean to thrive. We will probably
continue to see a shrinkage in the number of organizations in operation.
That is, companies will be required to meet the challenge and become
stronger and more profitable or else cease to exist. "Thrive
to Survive!" again imples change.
At QED, our experience with change in the corporate environment
has led us to believ the first step in any change process requires
a clear undestanding of what change means to you in your company
and how you expect such change to be received. At QED we understand
that all change is, fist and foremost, a communication process.
Getting off on the right foot requires a clear sense of mission,
purpose and direction... commitment. Commitment from everyone involved.
At QED we have created an approach to leading change that provides
the executive with a clear developmental strategy for planning and
implementing change.
Typical components of our approach to leading change are:
- Corporate transformation readiness survey and analysis
- Visioning the future: developing clarity of purpose
- Generating energy for change
- Communicating purpose and creating commitment to change
- Strategizing for change: planning for seamless integration
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