Why Change things in Organization
Few years back
I used to be the executive committee member which was the top decision making
body for 100 million Dollar Organization that had 20 plus years of profitable
track record. My role was to look after HR globally. The system in the company was
,every week executive committee meets from 6 am till ( you know how these
meeting start and never end) till end for 3 hours to review various issues --predominantly falling
sales
The funny
thing was that CEO had the last word on every matter and though everyone spoke
finally they would shut up and be silent. The issue that came up
week after week was the falling revenue and profits and lack of growth. The CEO
would shout scream and invariably would say “hey guys if you can’t deliver, double think
if this is the place for you to be in.”
Listening to this kind of outburst made me think. Though the issues were real , the CEO was only flogging the lame mule that has no strength left .The CEO’s status quo mindset would not think of anything other than raising the bar and hope people would deliver . Oneday I went in for a long walk and engaged in heart to heart talk with him about his strategy and how it is acting counterproductive. I raised the question about changing the strategy and the business model itself .It made sense to him and I was entrusted with the task of "challenging the status quo."
Listening to this kind of outburst made me think. Though the issues were real , the CEO was only flogging the lame mule that has no strength left .The CEO’s status quo mindset would not think of anything other than raising the bar and hope people would deliver . Oneday I went in for a long walk and engaged in heart to heart talk with him about his strategy and how it is acting counterproductive. I raised the question about changing the strategy and the business model itself .It made sense to him and I was entrusted with the task of "challenging the status quo."
This
is a work that was born out of that desire to experiment with moments of truth and with the critical issues for successful implementation
of Transforming an organization. There is no shortage of books on the subject of change Management but I will provide a new model of
methodology and deep insights into the real time experiences of understanding
what it takes to change things.
Implementing organizational changes requires the selection of tested as well as newer methods to meet head-on the challenges of executing change initiatives of any scale and make the transition smooth and painless. One need to address the integration aspects of HCM and OCM for sure success as change is all about changing people’s attitude and mindset.
Implementing organizational changes requires the selection of tested as well as newer methods to meet head-on the challenges of executing change initiatives of any scale and make the transition smooth and painless. One need to address the integration aspects of HCM and OCM for sure success as change is all about changing people’s attitude and mindset.
After all, what is the purpose of an
organization? Serve customers, make profit, and be socially responsible? Anyone
or all of them? The reality is most organizations espouse these ideals but do
not live up to the claim. Success and continued success is elusive unless there
is one driving force with values .There are ways to manage projects, programs
and risks are normally addressed with the best practices tools and methods in
any technology related changes. However,
none of them cover the people related issues of change management which are so
fundamental to achieving the Change goals.
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