How change professionals lead and execute meaningful change

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David Miller will describe how project managers can implement change more successfully in their organisations. David will present the results of Changefirst’s work and research from the last 20 years. This work helps project and programme professionals learn how to optimise change performance on projects by understanding key success factors, risks to change success and improving implementation performance.

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How to become a great change
manager
How project managers can implement change
more successfully in their organisations

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Globally people, organizations and communities continue to face
extremely high levels of change
We believe that wide-scale access to high-quality organizational change
management education and tools will enable people to adapt and
prosper in this environment
Our mission is to enable people and organizations to implement change
more effectively

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~400,000
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Thousands of projects
e-change®
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PMI – 2012 Pulse of the Profession In-Depth Report: Organizational Agility
75% 16%
Effective organizations
implement formal change
management processes both
inside and outside the project
Most effective organizations
Minimally effective organizations

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Installation
Implement
Install
Value Gap
Time
Business Case
Achievement

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Acceptance

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Avoidance

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© Changefirst Limited, all rights reserved 2014 changefirst.com 12Change your focus to loss, habits and control

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Use a framework to plan and execute change

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Key actions to increase
engagement

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Build your own capabilities
1. Tools and processes
2. Skills
3. Motivation

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Strong OCM Poor OCM
% of benefits achieved
McKinsey 2002

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e-change®
The Enterprise Change Management Platform
Visible user roadmap for project
delivery
Proven toolkit for assessing and
tracking projects
Practical collaboration and sharing
functionality
Comprehensive change management
curriculum
Enabling organisations to deliver projects successfully

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Thank you!

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