This document provides 6 tips for dealing with resistance to change: 1) Identify the origin and potential effects of change, 2) Boost awareness through communication, 3) Return to the overall vision and purpose of change, 4) Engage participants in the entire change process, 5) Acknowledge the past and move into the future, and 6) Build a corporate culture that rewards change. It emphasizes that considering how changes will impact people and making lives better is crucial for managers to avoid building something that is useful to no one. Project planners must take change into account as an integral part of implementation.
Strategy Execution - 6 tips on how to deal with resistance to change
1. 6 TIPS ON HOW TO DEAL
WITH RESISTANCE TO
CHANGE
BUILD SKILL SETS. CHANGE MINDSETS.
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2. A CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS
CHANGE CAN ACCELERATE AND
ENSURE BUSINESS SUCCESS
• Change Management is one of the most challenging
components of a project’s success, but having acceptance
for the changes a project brings will help realise the benefits
of the project.
• Leading change from the middle is an approach which is
achieved when project, programme and portfolio managers
are equipped with the skills to respond to the complexity of
rolling out projects, while at the same time accounting for
inevitable change.
Here are 6 tips
designed to help deal
with resistance to
change
3. 1.
IDENTIFICATION
• Identifying what the
origin of the change
is and the
analytical,
emotional or
physiological effect
it will have on the
individual
9. IN
SUMMARY
• Project planners must
consider how project
implementation will affect
others, making change an
integral part of the equation.
• Without considering the
impact of change and how it
will make people’s lives
better, managers are at risk
of building a brilliant product
or service that is useful to
no one.
