When an organization undergoes a significant change, a major restructuring,
a leadership change, or a merger or acquisition for example, a strategy change
often accompanies it. Both large and small organizations have a "culture" or
"climate" that its employees, vendors and customers, whether consciously or
unconsciously, recognize and add value to. Changes to the culture or climate
that often accompany an organizational transition need to be carefully monitored
and managed with respect to their effect on the corporate culture.
Research has consistently shown drastic change to be one of the most disturbing
possible influences on the human psyche. Change leads to uncertainty and study
after study has suggested that uncertainty negatively affects production and
performance.
Because of this, major organizational changes must be carefully managed and
monitored with the desired result of decreasing the amount of uncertainty in
the minds of an organization's employees, vendors and customers. Our team
accomplishes this by opening up paths of communication between the organization
members affecting change and those affected by those changes.
When managing organizational change, a consulting team is often necessary
because of the lack of trust or communication between the new leadership or those
implementing a new strategy. Our team manages organizational change by fostering
trust and promoting both acceptance of the change as well as a mechanism to provide
feedback about its effectiveness.
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