Change Management
Communicating change to decrease employee stress and increase acceptance
Dealing with change is never an easy task. I met a software salesman this week whose company had recently been acquired. Although sales have increased and the company has prospered since the integration, he continually mentioned the little annoyances that [...]
Companies are not static. They are dynamic entities, and so it makes sense for desired employee behavior to change over time. To alter behavior, it helps to give employees the reference points of values to guide their actions and decisions [...]
Changes in a company can be difficult. Even more so when the change revolves around a switch up in a management position. Processes change, new people come in, other people move on — it can be a bit of a [...]
At Tribe, we approach change from a place of respect for employees. Regardless of whether this is positive change like recognition programs or a negative change like layoffs, communicating it successfully will give you a much better likelihood of having [...]
How does a company communicate a major change? In many cases, not well. Following are three sure-fire ways to completely blow it with employees: 1. Don’t say anything at all until every single detail is final. This is an awesome [...]
Major changes such as mergers, acquisitions or executive re-orgs can be difficult on a company’s internal culture. Even though the change may be beneficial to the company and its employees, the nuances of cultural shift can be problematic long after [...]
Times of change can be scary. Employees hear rumors, start playing the telephone game and before you know it, Chicken Little is running around screaming, “The sky is falling!” Thoughtful communication to employees can make all the difference. Including everyone in [...]
Everything is always changing. The fact that it happens is unavoidable and the question isn’t how to avoid it but rather how to manage it. In some industries change happens much faster than others. For these fast-changing industries it’s great [...]
Read the fourth installment of The Tribe Report; our issue on Change Management. http://www.tribeinc.com/EZines/TRB-088-Issue4_vF/index.html
People have an innate desire for order and organization, which is why change is so hard. As communicators, we develop strategies, editorial calendars and content plans and like to be able to count on the fact that things will go [...]