• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Hartman Executive Advisors

Hartman Executive Advisors

Business & IT Strategy Consulting Firm

  • Business Strategy Consulting
  • IT Management Consulting
  • IT Strategy Consulting
  • Risk Management Consulting
  • Telehealth
  • About
    • Careers
    • Community
    • Our Team
    • Testimonials
  • Services
    • Business Strategy Consulting
      • CIO Consulting Services
      • CISO Consulting Services
      • Interim Executive Placement Services
      • M&A Advisory
      • Telehealth Consulting Services
      • IT Coaching & Mentoring
      • Organizational Development
      • Process Engineering
    • Risk Management Consulting
      • CMMC Compliance Services
      • Cyber Risk Assessment
      • Governance, Risk and Compliance
      • Incident Response Planning
      • IT Due Diligence
    • IT Management Consulting
      • Change Management
      • IT Portfolio Management
      • Vendor Selection & Management
    • IT Strategy Consulting
      • Core Banking System Selection
      • FinTech Consulting Services
      • IT Strategy Assessment
      • Software Evaluation
      • Software Selection
      • Virtual Event Technology
  • Industries
    • Construction
    • Education
    • Financial Services
    • Government Contracting
    • Healthcare
    • Human Services
    • Manufacturing, Retail & Distribution
    • Nonprofit & Association
    • Real Estate
    • State & Local Government
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • Case Studies
    • eBooks
    • Executive Technology Survey Results
    • Maryland CIO Roundtable
    • Speaking Engagements
  • Contact Us
(410) 587-0064 Request a Consultation
(410) 587-0064 Request a Consultation

4 Outcomes of a Successful Change Management Strategy

February 29, 2016 by Christine Twele

change management being discussed among business partners during a meetingMany organizations struggle to achieve the laudable goal of successfully facilitating change management in an organization. Whether the change is an HR or IT initiative, often the key element that determines success is whether all areas of the organization actively embrace the change. Humans can feel a natural resistance to change, making it crucial for organizations to have a well-developed strategy for communicating and implementing anything that affects employee.

Change management is especially critical to the successful implementation and utilization of a new system, and you should start thinking about your change management strategy prior to selecting a particular solution. It begins in the planning for the selection process when you are determining who will make up the selection team. Will it just be IT staff? Or IT staff plus a few token functional experts? Will it involve representatives from all divisions of the impacted staff?

Successful Change Management Outcomes

In a recent software selection and subsequent implementation, we could have done the selection with a small team and then pitched the chosen solution to the staff. Instead we chose to include multiple representatives from each key function—Sales, Accounting, Operations, Corporate and IT. We ended up with a large selection team, 17 in all. While it sounds unwieldy, it resulted in four key outcomes:

  1. Each function was able to generate a comprehensive list of wants and needs that they owned.
  2. Functional staff were able to touch and feel the software in use at other companies, providing the real life perspective on the functionality that is usually hard to convey.
  3. All the team members got to know each other and bonded before the final decision.
  4. Team members owned the decision—much more so than the senior management team who signed off on it.

These team members became evangelists for the new solution and the massive change involved. They were part of formal communication efforts, but more importantly, they were behind the scenes at each office talking about a better future and bringing enthusiasm and energy to the process. Instead of fearing the change, the staff was excited for it. The outcomes were outstanding, resulting in real gains for the business.

In summary, include a strategy for change management from the very start to dramatically improve your success in implementing new initiatives.

Reach Out To The Business Strategy Consultants

Are you preparing for change within your organization and looking for an outside perspective to help drive strategy? Contact Hartman today to learn how our people & change practice can help you to obtain successful outcomes when it comes to change.

Filed Under: IT Strategy

Primary Sidebar

Types

  • Article
  • Press
  • Vlog
  • Webinar

Topics

  • Associations & Nonprofits
  • Construction
  • COVID-19
  • Cybersecurity
  • Digital Transformation
  • Education
  • Featured
  • Financial Services
  • Hartman News
  • Healthcare
  • Human Services
  • Interim Executive Placement
  • IT Due Diligence
  • IT Management
  • IT Strategy
  • Leadership
  • Manufacturing
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Real Estate
  • Risk Management Consulting
  • State & Local Government
  • Strategic Services
  • Systems & Software
  • Telehealth

Related Blogs

Senior Living Technology Trends

Senior Living Technology New Year’s 2023 Resolutions: What Trends to Watch for  

January 27, 2023

The effect of globalization has catapulted the need for digitization. For senior living providers to remain competitive, they must stay on their A-[...]
Read More

Smart city

The Future Of Smart Cities & Steps Small Cities Need To Take To Get There

January 18, 2023

More than half of the world's 8 billion people live in cities, generating more than 80% of the global GDP. Today, cities are getting smarter. The [...]
Read More

Nonprofit Professional on the phone

Leveraging Data-Driven Analytics To Drive Mission Impact Throughout The Nonprofit Sector

January 11, 2023

Mission impact is an important metric for nonprofit organizations, but are nonprofits leveraging the tools they need to reach mission goals and [...]
Read More

Footer

It's Time to Reach Out
Are you ready for independent IT Leadership?
Contact Us

Hartman Executive Advisors

1954 Greenspring Drive Suite 320 Timonium, MD 21093
410-587-0064

Services

  • Business Strategy Consulting
  • Risk Management Consulting
  • IT Management Consulting
  • IT Strategy Consulting

Resources

  • Blog
  • Case Studies
  • eBooks
  • Executive Technology Survey Results
  • Maryland CIO Roundtable
  • Speaking Engagements
Sign Up for Our Newsletter
Subscribe to Hartman Executive Insights
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

© 2023 Hartman Executive Advisors · Powered by 321 Web Marketing · Website Privacy Policy & Terms of Use