10 Steps to Successful Change Initiatives

Date: 07-03-2011 17:30 | Author: Cyril Dyer | Category: Change management | Tags: change, process, improvement, effective, efficient, Buy-in, Initiatives

So, you have had an idea. It’s a great idea! You get one of your best teams to look at how to get the idea on-stream, but after 6 months… still nothing. So why did the initiative fail?

It’s a common problem. There are quality initiatives, there are production initiatives, there’s process improvement. So why do 80% of these well intentioned initiatives fail?

10 steps to success…

The first thing is to look closely at your idea and ask what is it I’m trying to change and why?  What problem are you fixing? If you can’t explain what the problem is then 80% of others won’t recognise your big idea!

So:

STEP 1 – write down what you think is the problem that your big idea is fixing

STEP 2 – test your problem on a colleague, do they agree?

STEP 3 – refine your problem, or if need redefine your problem

STEP 4 – test again, get consensus, have you articulated the problem well enough for other to recognise?

STEP 5 – get your coalition together and agree the problem in open forum (BUY-IN)

STEP 6 – NOW go for it, try your big idea! Does it fix the problem?

STEP 7 – test your solution

STEP 8 – test again, get consensus, have you articulated your solution well enough for others to recognise?

STEP 9 – get your coalition together and agree the solution in open forum (BUY-IN)

STEP 10 – BINGO! Your big idea just became reality.