Change Management Initiative
Change management initiative refers to the process of helping employees coupe with major or minor changes in the organization. It is extremely important to engage the employees in a change process if the company is to successfully implement a transformation agenda.
One way of engaging employees is detailing out a vision for the future in regards to the prospected changes. As Pugh (2016) notes, doing this would help them understand the reason for the change and their part in its implementation. This way, the management would buy in their willingness to facilitate the process without undue pressure. Also, the management can give the employees a sense of control over the change process to enable them to adapt to the new adjustments in the organization. For example, they could involve them in brainstorming meetings, benchmarking sessions as well as evaluation meetings to enable the get a sense of responsibility in the process.
The C-suite which comprises the top executives of the company generates leads and sets goals for the initiative. They provide leadership and determine the direction that the junior staff are to follow in rolling out the change management initiative (Blomqvist, 2017). On the other hand, the Human recourse managers mobilize the workers and communicate the intended changes. Additionally, the human resource managers break down the process and allocate duties and responsibilities according to each of the employee’s capabilities.
In order for the change management inititiative to be successful, the stakeholders need to adapt a tactical approach (Pugh, 2016). One such tactic is attaching rewards to the process whereby workers get some reward for successful implementation of each stage. Such could be a celebration party or something as simple as a thank you note. The goal is to keep the employee motivated and looking forward to the next step. This way, the organization would be able to roll out the initiative with little resistance from the staff.
References
Blomqvist, D. (2017). An examination of change management models for successful execution of a change initiative.
Pugh, L. (2016). Change management in information services. Routledge.