Managing Change in a Firm

Change conjures up many ideas. For us it’s the taking on of new patterns of action, belief and attitude across the staff in a whole firm or by specific groups in a firm. It’s done in pursuit of strategy.

Why Change Strategy?

Firms need strategy. Indeed, all firms have a strategy, even if it is not actually expressed. It’s the collection of beliefs, desires, targets, directions and rallying cries that senior management express as they attempt to lead from some place the firm is today to some new place tomorrow. Sometimes, the strategy is a thought-through, rational device that comes from deep analysis. And other times, it’s a series of stories. Both communicate a message for change.

Change needs a change agent – an external consultant to work with management to make the change happen. It needs a consultant that understands people at work. TimelessTime can take that role.

Effecting Change in Strategy

There are many approaches and methods that can be used to make change happen. Firstly it involves establishing clearly the change needed in terms of new actions, beliefs and attitudes. Then it involves ‘unfreezing’ the actions, beliefs and attitudes in place today so that staff are amenable to change. New actions, beliefs and attitudes need to be put in place. Finally action is needed to make sure that the new actions, beliefs and attitudes are effective and stick. TimelessTime has the change management skills to assist. Click for more on our relationship with Denison Consulting and the Denison tools. Click for our White Paper on culture.

Sustaining Change in Strategy

Change is often simply enough. But equally often, the firm slips back to the old ways and the benefits are lost. Sustainability needs to be designed in to any change management programme. Effort is needed in many areas to make changes stick. The following show some examples:

TimelessTime has the tools and competence to develop organisational change initiatives and to work with managers to make those initiatives effective and the changes last.

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