10 Guidelines for Successful Change Management

Organizational change can lead to transformative improvements or disastrous failures. The difference in the outcome is in how the change is managed.  The good news is that managers can take the following proactive steps to dispel the negative aspects of change and build on the positive ones. 1. Brief your employees on the reasons the organization is undertaking the change. Management is vital to this effort — whether the transformation is corporate-wide or department-specific. Anxious workers…