Making Behavioural Change Stick - This looks at the three steps to making a change in an organisation lasting and effective.
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3. There is nothing more difficult to
plan, more doubtful of success, nor
more dangerous to manage than the
creation of a new system. For the
initiator has the enmity of all who
would profit by the preservation of
the old institutions, and merely
lukewarm defenders in those who
should gain by the new ones.
-Machiavelli
5. Key Phases of Change
• Vision for Change (business case),
Risk Analysis and Impact
assessment, Change Strategy
• Change Leadership, Stakeholder
Management, Involvement and
Communication Strategies
• Sequencing and Pace of Activities,
Managing resistance, Resilience
and Workforce Effectiveness
• Benefit realisation, Sustaining
Performance
Key Elements
• Preparing for the change
• Engaging for change
• Implementing the change
• Reinforcing the change
Phase
6. •Ensures that employees
are ready for change
Unfreeze
•Execute the intended
change
Change
•Ensures that the change
becomes permanent
Refreeze
Lewin’s Change Model
7. Lewin’s Three Stage Change Process –
Practical Steps
Source: Kurt Lewin
1. Determine what needs to
change
2. Ensure there is strong
support from upper
management
3. Create the need for change
4. Manage and understand the
doubts and concerns
Unfreeze RefreezeChange
1. Communicate often
2. Dispel rumors
3. Empower action
4. Involve people in the
process
1. Anchor the changes into the
culture
2. Develop ways to sustain the
change
3. Provide support and training
4. Celebrate success!
10. Investigations have shown that peoples' behaviour is
strongly influenced by their confidence in their ability
to perform that behaviour.
Bandura, A.; Adams, N. E.; Hardy, A. B.; Howells, G. N. (1980). "Tests of the generality of self-efficacy theory". Cognitive
Therapy and Research. 4 (1): 39–66.
16. • Low morale
• Reverting to the old way of doing things
• Change is discarded
• Active and passive resistance
• Disinterest in the future state
• Disagreeing with the need to change
• Staff finding work-arounds
• Divides are created between ‘us’ and ‘them’
• Lack of team cohesion
Resistance is the Greatest Barrier to Opportunity
Resistance
17. The most commonly cited causes for resistance to change are as follow:
What Causes Resistance?
Dislike of change
discomfort with uncertainty
attachment to the status quo
lack of conviction that change
is needed
lack of clarity as to what is
needed
belief that a specific change is
inappropriate
belief that the timing is wrong
excessive change
previous bad experience of
change
disagreement with the way the
change is being managed
18. • Engage with Stakeholders
• Ensure it is a robust change plan (specific and detailed
actions)
• Communicate and demonstrate the benefits at all levels
of the organisation
• Ensure change plan is understood
• Schedule time within the implementation for continued
engagement with stakeholders
What to do…
An Approach to Resistance Management
22. • Learning, Not Just Lecturing
• Trust, Not Just Transparency
• Significance, Not Just Success
• Know the Sum of the Parts, Not Just the Whole
Motivation
Motivation
23. • Innovation, Not Just Ideation
• Ownership, Not Just Accountability
• Solving, Not Just Selling
• Purpose, Not Just Profit
Motivation