When undergoing organizational change, managing personalities can pose a challenge for employers and change leaders. And taking a traditional step-by-step change model fails to accomplish successful change, leading to frustration, confusion and disorder.
In a recent article written by our Chief Transformation Officer, Larry Mohl, he outlines the four change capability factors businesses can adopt to create measurable, scalable and lasting for change for their employees and organization . Those four factors include:
1. Create Directional Commitment
Implementing directional commitment helps employees adopt a clear and committed mindset to the company’s goals. For employees to experience directional commitment, organizations need to clearly state the changes that will need to take place, emphasize the initiative is a top priority for the company, and explain the role employees will play.
2. Power Emotional Connection<
Employees need to feel a sense of engagement and attachment to the change initiative. For employees to truly feel this way, it is beneficial when they understand the lasting effect their contributions will have on the initiative and come to an understanding of how the change will benefit their team.
3. Demonstrate Visible Progress
Employees can know the change initiative is worth it when visible progress is shown. This is seen in practice when employees adopt ways that align with change initiative goals and when employers begin taking action to bring the initiative goals to life.
4. Driver Organizational Alignment
To avoid employees returning to their traditional ways of working, it is an essential practice to drive organizational change alignment. By offering support from direct supervisors and managers and creating a positive environment for employees to try new tactics and work methods, employees can look to others as a model example for adopting change that can lead to success.
Achieving Success with the Four Factors
As Larry stated, “it’s important to recognize that your core execution engine for change is your team. The four factors, combined with an ability to work with differing personality preferences, can provide a powerful recipe to execute your current initiative and build changeability at the same time.”
Armed with a strong team willing to change and understanding how to put the four factors into practice, you can set your organization up for continued success. To learn more about unlocking the benefits of prior authorization automation, read Larry Mohl’s full article for the Forbes Business Council.
