Thursday, July 7, 2016

Change Management & Project Management Integration - Coaching and Mentoring

Our ‘coaching the change manager model’ helps newly qualified change practitioners receive post training support so they can apply their learning to benefit your organisation in the shortest possible time.

Unlike other training programs our follow up is personalised and specific to the needs of the individual. This unique approach helps teams to consolidate the skills and knowledge. Our coaches provide specialist input and practical advice on how to apply Prosci learnings immediately to their projects.
Five hours of coaching and mentoring services are provided to ALL newly certified Prosci practitioners FREE of charge. Additional coaching can be negotiated along with private one-to-one support options
This confidential, safe online learning environment is proven to grow the confidence and skills as a change manager so you can realise the benefits of your training investment faster. Read More

Complete strategic change management solutions

We teach our clients how to make change management an intrinsic part of an organisations’ culture and a core competency for its people.

Our programs set you and your teams up for enabling change to become natural to everyday work life.
We use research, data and case studies from successful organisations across the world and use specialised software including cloud based applications to identify your organisation’s change maturity level. We also provide a range of change management certification courses tailored for every person across various job roles in any type of organisation. Read More...

Not-for-profit organisation Change Management- Change communications and stakeholder relations

Enabling change requires compelling, engaging communications.

We are experienced at the strategic and tactical level of change management and when it comes to communications we roll our sleeves up to help you get your message across. With extensive experience in stakeholder and employee engagement we know how to get a clear understanding of the audiences in your organisation and we know how to use this information to tailor change communications that are clear, engaging and influential.
An essential piece of the change enablement puzzle, we will work with you to put in place well-researched, innovative and measurable communication strategies for your organisation. Read More..

Change Enablement Services

We teach our clients how to make change management an intrinsic part of an organisations’ culture and a core competency for its people. Our programs set you and your teams up for enabling change to become natural to everyday work life.
We use research, data and case studies from successful organisations across the world and use specialised software including cloud based applications to identify your organisation’s change maturity level. We also provide a range of change management certification courses tailored for every person across various job roles in any type of organisation.

Team building

Building a high performing team goes beyond the process and proformas of projects.
It’s about people development, coaching and commitment. We work with our clients to create teams that thrive in complex environments through the development of customised programs that address the critical issues that are holding your team back. In partnership with you, we analyse strengths and identify areas for improvement, explore the dynamics of relationships within the team along with roles and responsibilities. We then equip teams and leaders with the tools they need to build a sense of team work and identity along with motivational strategies to achieve high levels of engagement.

Change communications and stakeholder relations

Enabling change requires compelling, engaging communications.
We are experienced at the strategic and tactical level of change management and when it comes to communications we roll our sleeves up to help you get your message across. With extensive experience in stakeholder and employee engagement we know how to get a clear understanding of the audiences in your organisation and we know how to use this information to tailor change communications that are clear, engaging and influential.
An essential piece of the change enablement puzzle, we will work with you to put in place well-researched, innovative and measurable communication strategies for your organisation.

Complete strategic change management solutions

We teach our clients how to make change management an intrinsic part of an organisations’ culture and a core competency for its people.
Our programs set you and your teams up for enabling change to become natural to everyday work life.
We use research, data and case studies from successful organisations across the world and use specialised software including cloud based applications to identify your organisation’s change maturity level. We also provide a range of change management certification courses tailored for every person across various job roles in any type of organisation.

Coaching and Mentoring

Our ‘coaching the change manager model’ helps newly qualified change practitioners receive post training support so they can apply their learning to benefit your organisation in the shortest possible time.
Unlike other training programs our follow up is personalised and specific to the needs of the individual. This unique approach helps teams to consolidate the skills and knowledge. Our coaches provide specialist input and practical advice on how to apply Prosci learnings immediately to their projects.
Five hours of coaching and mentoring services are provided to ALL newly certified Prosci practitioners FREE of charge. Additional coaching can be negotiated along with private one-to-one support options
This confidential, safe online learning environment is proven to grow the confidence and skills as a change manager so you can realise the benefits of your training investment faster.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Change Enablement roars in the Lion City

Business Transformation Consulting

If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got. Einstein
This was the opening quote at the recent Executive Breakfast in Singapore (aka the Lion City) where Change Enablement presented the keynote address.
Sponsored by Thakral One the event’s audience comprised a mix of senior business and banking executives, many of them in the thick of managing large projects and major change initiatives.
The question we wanted to address was: If companies are spending millions of dollars on transformations, technology and project management, why is there still such a large failure rate and low return on investment from their investments?
Jeff Hackeson, Founder and Managing Director of Change Enablement led the discussion on the topic of “Project Benefits Realisation with Change Management”.
It’s a fair observation that while most attendees were not familiar with either entity, almost everyone at the event acknowledged that they are currently dealing with major changes in their projects and their organisations, and that building a competency around change management was essential to themselves, their teams and their businesses.
Jeff’s presentation covered
  • Positioning projects for strategic success
  • Positioning projects for sponsorship success
  • Positioning organisations for change success
The latest 2016 Prosci Best Practices in Change Management findings on banking provided key insights:
  • Traditional cultures within a well-structured and successful industry did not have people centric cultures
  • In the industry companies often focussed on technical solutions and measurable success (i.e. return on investment and profitsrather than interpersonal relations/human variables
  • Sponsorship and resources to support change were contingent on proving the return on investment of change management
Lively discussions and priceless examples of poor change management were shared. It seemed everyone had a story of change gone wrong.
During a robust question and answer session, we learned what is really on the minds of leaders at the forefront of technology implementation:
  • How do we engage middle managers in helping to drive the change?
  • How do we create the desire (referring to the D of ADKAR)?
  • What is the best way of communicating change?
  • How does culture impact on resistance and the change management efforts?
  • How do we develop change management as an enterprise wide competency?
A summary of key points to leave the audience with were:
  • The ability to deliver results, outcomes and return on investment for your organisations directly impacted by how effectively you manage change
  • Supporting and equipping individual transitions is critical to reaching a desired future state
  • The Prosci® ADKAR® Model is a goal-oriented and proven change management model to guide individual and organisational change
  • Change Enablement supports organisations by building their internal capability across leadership, projects and change
If you are interested in having this presentation delivered in your organisation, please contact us via email at jeff@changeenablement.com or phone +61 0418 205 182. The presentation is aimed at senior executives and sponsors, and can be customised for project managers, change managers and project teams.
About Change Enablement: we are a member of the Prosci Global Affiliate Network
About Prosci
About Thakral One

Prosci now available in hong kong, gateway to china

Fort Collins, CO: Prosci announced today that it is expanding its world-class change management certification courses to Hong Kong through its new Global Affiliate, Change Enablement.
People and companies in Hong Kong now have local access to Prosci’s proven best practice change management methodologies and tools. This includes its world renowned Prosci® ADKAR® Model.
Mark Dorsett, the global growth and partner lead at Prosci explains that demand for effective change management practice is ever increasing in Hong Kong:
“Hong Kong’s growing economy generates high demand from local organizations seeking to improve the way they manage change and capture growth opportunities,” Mark said. “This is why we’ve chosen Change Enablement as our new Global Affiliate in the region.
“We’re very careful about choosing our partners, and we look for organizations that share our values, commitment to client success, and quality. Change Enablement has the experience and local know-how to build effective change capability in Hong Kong as they educate, train and certify Hong Kong people and organizations to manage change successfully.”
Jeff Hackeson is the founding director of Change Enablement.
“Being agile in the way we adapt to change is vital in today’s high velocity technology world,” Jeff said. “Our team has seen this at the coalface over the last decade in our experience working with organizations at all levels. We’re excited to partner with Prosci and help Hong Kong individuals and companies build their change capability so they can enjoy greater success and return on investment.
“Hong Kong is the gateway into China, which places Change Enablement at the forefront of making Prosci methodologies and tools available to Chinese individuals and companies as well,” Jeff added.
Change Enablement is now accepting registrations to participate in the Prosci courses due to begin in July. Please go to www.changeenablement.hk/ProsciGAN to register your interest and receive a special early bird offer.
For more information about Change Enablement and its Prosci offerings now available in Hong Kong, please contact Jeff Hackeson atjeff.hackeson@ChangeEnablement.hk.
About: Prosci is a change management firm focused on helping individuals and organizations build change management capabilities. Best practices research acts as the foundation for Prosci’s world-renowned change management training programs and tools, through which Prosci has certified over 30,000 change leaders worldwide.

What is change management

Change management applies a consistent framework and discipline to organisations and projects that helps to drive and manage the employee adoption of new systems, products and processes.
Change management strategies and plans are designed to ensure:
  • Employees adopt change faster; become more proficient and effective helping achieve your project’s return on investment sooner.
  • Re-work costs associated with people not using the new system or process or doing it poorly are avoided
  • Realisation of the benefits of your change – it’s the people who need to make change effective and change management helps achieve that.
  • Your organisation meets your objectives – data shows that projects with effective change management are more likely to meet objectives, stay on schedule and budget.
When implementing change, it’s important to remember that there’s no ‘one size fits all’ solution when it comes to getting it right. It might be tempting to simply add on a standardised change management plan to a project but it’s no guarantee of success.
Change Enablers work with your organisation to assess:
  1. Scale of the change taking place – Does your organisation plan to undertake transformational change? Are there multiple change projects required in the majority of business functions? Is there a high degree of control for change required or are small-scale incremental changes taking place within individual departments and teams?
  2. Existing organisational structures – Is there an already established project management practice in your organisation? Is there competition for resources?
  3. Level of Maturity – How ready for change is your organisation? Is methodology, documentation and performance metrics already defined, understood and successfully in use? Are there economies of scale in project implementation and a process of continuous improvement? What has been your people’s experience of change in the past?

The Change Enablement Difference: Coaching

  • High quality coaching sessions
  • Access to an experienced coach with extensive practical Business and Change Management experience
  • Customised programs to support the individual and organisational needs
  • Support on use of Prosci tools and techniques
  • A confidential, safe online environment for growing confidence and skills as a Change Manager
  • All newly certified Prosci practitioners will have access to 5 hours of group coaching as part of their certification package
  • Additional coaching and 1:1 coaching can be negotiated