Change Bytes Category

• Stakeholder Needs

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Stakeholder Needs

  Find out what your stakeholders need. Meet with representatives of each stakeholder group. Learn what their needs are. What are the constraints they live with? How can your change...

• Show a focus on change leadership

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Show a focus on change leadership

  When announcing change we tend to frame the changes in the context of logical next steps regarding our strategy. This is the right thing to do. But, be careful to also describe...

• Should Everyone Agree?

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Should Everyone Agree?

  Conflict and doubt must be in the open for a really successful change initiative. I am frequently in a position of soliciting the worries, concerns, and doubts of those affected...

• Rumor – A Cultural Barometer

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Rumor – A Cultural Barometer

  What are the rumors going around about your change initiative? We seldom get an opportunity to check out our organization from a cultural standpoint like we do during a change...

• Rules without foundation is just a methodology

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Rules without foundation is just a methodology

  Rules are made to be broken. High level change projects by definition don’t have a rule book. The environment is just too fluid. Yes, process is important, but to effectively...

• Roll Out or Grass Roots?

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Roll Out or Grass Roots?

  In your Change Planning/Monitoring Workshops one thing you are analyzing is the climate of the organization for an ability to accept change. We are hearing more and more often...

• Role of the Change Leader at Implementation

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Role of the Change Leader at Implementation

  The job description for the successful change project manager at or very near the culmination of a project must be “Open”. This is a terrible paradox because so much...

• Resistance is Real

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Resistance is Real

  Regardless of how annoying the resistors personality or approach it is necessary to research all resistance. How the resistance is presented isn’t as important as the root...

• Readiness: Only when it matters?

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Readiness: Only when it matters?

  I spoke with a friend recently who is a lieutenant in the Army’s Special Forces. He is preparing his unit for deployment to the war in Afghanistan. Interestingly, certain...

• Questions or Answers

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Questions or Answers

  People make decisions when they come up with the solution themselves. As Change Leaders it is important to trust that each person has their own best answers. While we all try to...