“Change Management” has become a sensitive word for many people. Changing your business environment and processes starts with your employees…

1. CH CH CHanges…
How to Transform Change
Management into a Positive
Experience for Your Employees

2. “Change Management” has
become a sensitive word for
many people. Changing your
business environment and
processes starts with your
employees…

3. Continuous improvement is an
essential attribute to a systems
based business. Change is
inevitable and you can transform
the culture of your business to be
highly responsive to it.

4. 1. Change becomes permanent
through socialization
Nurturing a “change culture” within your
organization means that change will
become a normal part of the daily
actions of your employees.

5. 2. Involve employees in the
process of change
Employees should take a leading role
in developing the changes in the
systems they use. Incorporating the
best of their ideas into the process will
ensure they are comfortable with new
expectations.

6. 3. Time your changes carefully
Making changes in the middle of
large projects will create more stress
than if they were made during a less
active period.

7. 4. Teach employees the benefits
of change
Positive changes are good for everyone
in the business, though it may be hard to
stray from the status quo. If the benefits
are made clear to your employees they
will be much more receptive to the
process of change.

8. 5. Encourage employees to
initiate change
Once systems are in place, your
employees must become
responsible for improving them.

9. By empowering employees to
spot issues and report or even fix
problems as they appear, you
can spend more time planning
for future growth and less time
managing issues…

10. Mark Wardell is President & Founder of Wardell
International , an advisory group that helps business
owners plan and execute the growth of their companies. The
author of seven business books, Mark also writes regularly
for several national & international business publications.
Email him at mark@wardell.biz.