Getting change to stick!

Excalibur consultants are seasoned, change management experts. We’ve worked with leadership teams to design and execute change programs and processes in a variety of industries and situations.

PRINCIPLES OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT

We promote the following principles when helping you to lead change:

• People need to understand the CONTEXT and NEED for change
• Leadership needs to be able to build and communicate a compelling VISION for the change
• Expect RESISTANCE, deal with it effectively and turn it into support
• INVOLVE the people closest to and most affected by the change in the design of the change
• Organizational leaders need to believe in and visibly SUPPORT the change
• Leaders need to develop CHAMPIONS for change in the organization and build a CRITICAL MASS of support for the change to be successful
• During the change, leaders must COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE!

CHANGE IS A PROCESS

Here are the main phases of any change process:

• Assess the current state (“As Is”)
  

  	Explain need and context for change
  	Gauge commitment to change
  	Understand capacity to change

• Create the future state (“To Be”)
  

  	Paint a desirable, attracting picture
  	Significantly better and different than today
  	Answers the question – “What’s in it for me?”

• Determine the GAP between the “As Is” and the “To Be”
• Architect the Change – create the plan to close the gap
• Lead and manage through the transition

The Change Model

Here’s a model that depicts the change process.

Read about Excalibur's success in managing change for a major Biotech company. Download the client profile (PDF).