Change Implementation: Anticipating Problems and Determining Mode Of Attack In Business Change

Change implementation can be very challenging in a number of ways. It is tough for the organization in query because change projects are disruptive to the natural flow of business, irrespective of how well they're run. They're tough for the employees tasked with running them because the mental activities run counter to the standard expectations in the business environment. They require essentially different activities from everyone concerned.

One of the more interesting questions that arise when the topic of change implementation comes up is just how much energy will the change team leader put into readiness. The answer depends somewhat on the person, but for the most part it hinges on how many issues they anticipate.

To cast the question in a different light, assume the person in question isnot a civilian tasked with running a change implementation, but senior military officer tasked with keeping amilitary installation safe. Then the answer to the problem of readiness hinges mostly on how likely they find the proposition that the installation will be attacked. If they suspect it's likely that the installation will be attacked, theyare going to use a great amount of energy on readiness.

The lesson to be drawn from this for an executive in charge of a change implementation is that attacks are always assured and always close in change situations. The manager must say that the worst is always around the corner. To do their jobs as effectively as practical, bosses in control of change need to make problem anticipation a priority.

A long-forgotten list of potential issues or a handful of conversations about the list at the beginning of the project are not acceptable. The chief must be engaged in a constant and active process of assessing the issues that might affect the change implementation. They need to be working on readiness the way an army officer would do so when an attack is imminent. To do otherwise is to chance being faced up to by an insoluble problem and have no contingency in place to deal with it.

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