Organisational Change Management Challenges - Plan Phase

Plan Phase: Change Management Framework® (a2BCMF®) Steps 1 - 4

Lots of statistics show organisational change and transformations failing to deliver their intended benefits. You can argue about the true percentage of success, but the fact is that many organisations do not achieve full benefit realisation, and in many cases, they fail to attain a return on investment (ROI). Equally unacceptable to shareholders is that the vision is not realised, meaning the organisation’s strategy has not been executed. Even when the organisation and its leadership team agree that the changes are necessary for the future of the organisation, they still face challenges.

Change Implementation Challenges – Plan Phase:

1. Too Many Change Initiatives: Not enough capacity to deliver ongoing and new change programmes.

“Unless the change programme is continually aligned to the organisation’s strategy and capacity, it will not deliver speedy benefits or value to the organisation”

2. Inactive or Invisible Sponsorship: Lack of visible support usually leads to change failure.

“Without effective and proactive sponsorship, the change programme will eventually fail, the change will not be adopted by the employees or sustained, and it will not deliver the intended benefits”

3. Poor Previous Change History: This increases the likelihood of repeating past mistakes.

“To achieve future organisational change management success, analyse previous change history, mitigate previous weakness and enhance future success”

4. No Detailed Project Change Plan: Implementing change with only a communication plan and not aligning it to the master project plan.

“A change plan is much more than a communication plan”

Further Reading: Change Management Handbook - Leadership of Change Volume 3.

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Peter consults, speaks, and writes on the Leadership of Change®.

He works exclusively with boards, CEOs, and senior leadership teams to prepare and align them to effectively and proactively lead their organisations through change and transformation.

For insights on navigating organisational change, feel free to reach out at Peter.gallagher@a2B.consulting or schedule a free consultation

Leadership of Change®

Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK) Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, A, B, C, D & E

• Change Management Fables – Volume 1 

• Change Management Pocket Guide – Volume 2 

• Change Management Handbook – Volume 3 

• Change Management Leadership – Volume 4 

• Change Management Adoption – Volume 5 

• Change Management Behaviour – Volume 6

• Change Management Sponsorship – Volume 7 

• Change Management Charade – Volume 8

• Change Management Insanity – Volume 9

• Change Management Dilettante – Volume 10

• Change Management Gamification Leadership – Volume A 

• Change Management Gamification Adoption – Volume B 

• Change Management Gamification Behaviour – Volume C 

• Change Management Gamification Sponsorship – Volume D 

• Change Management Gamification Leadership Teams – Volume E 

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Peter F. Gallagher is a leadership guru, change management global thought leader, organisational change authority, international corporate conference speaker, 15X author, and C-level change leadership coach.

Listed #1 by leadersHum Top 40 Change Management Gurus You Should Follow in 2022 (Mar 2022).

Ranked #1 Change Management Global Thought Leader: Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Change Management (2024-2023-2022-2021-2020) by Thinkers360.

Listed #15 in the “Top 30” for Global Gurus Leadership (2024) by Global Gurus.

Ranked #1 Business Strategy Global Thought Leader: Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Business Strategy (2022) by Thinkers360.

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