8 Step Change Management

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8 Step Change Management Process
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• Step 1 Create a Sense of
• Urgency
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• Explain the importance of why you need to
  implement the new software now.
• What is the business need for the new system

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• Step 2 Build a Guiding Coalition
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• Youll need to assemble a team that can guide the
  implementation of your new software.

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• Step 3 Create a Strategic Vision
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• Develop a short, one or two sentence, vision for
  what the future looks like after the
  implementation.
• Your guiding coalition needs to be able to
  describe the vision in a couple of minutes.

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• Step 4 Communicate the Vision
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• Use every communication channel you have to talk
  about your vision and give updates on the project
  regularly.

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• Step 5 Enable Action by Removing Barriers
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• Identify what your existing processes are?
• Ensure a successful rollout by making sure there
  are no obstacles that keep people from making the
  change.

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• Step 6 Generate Short-Term Wins
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• Start with onboarding users or departments that
  are least resistant to the change.
• Demonstrate the benefits for those users and
  celebrate the milestone.

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• Step 7 Sustain acceleration
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• Monitor your implementation and modify your plan
  based on the data.
• Talk about what worked and what can be improved.

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• Step 8 Anchor Changes in Corporate Culture
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• Learning how to use your new system to its
  fullest capacity needs to become a part of your
  corporate culture.