Planning for Change

This case study on transforming cultural change encourages participants to examine a failed change initiative and explore issues such as behaviour, working environment, encouraging entrepreneurial behaviour and how to gain ground on competitors.

This versatile diagnostic provides the basis for a survey into the informal aspects of organisational life. It is designed to reveal the hidden attitudes, values, beliefs and politics which threaten to undermine many kinds of change.

A diagnostic to assist managers and staff in assessing whether the necessary conditions are in place for successful change. Allow up to an hour for completion.

Use the results of this exercise to identify what you need to put in place when implementing a change initiative or to support your vision of change.

An imaginative exercise that encourages groups to express visually how they envisage the effects of change and their likely reaction to it.

Use the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle method to break down a programme for change into manageable chunks with minimal disruption.

This exercise, which is particularly helpful for senior teams, encourages reflection on the implications of change.

This icebreaker exercise gets groups thinking about how key stakeholders may react to change in an organisation.

This highly involving, half-day group roleplay exercise is set in the education department of a medium-sized UK town. Delegates adopt the roles of various stakeholders and participate in a consultation exercise with the city council. It is designed to give participants insight into the importance of including stakeholders in the change process.

This quick questionnaire is designed to give you an insight into how your team feel about an impending change. It can be used to gain a snapshot of feeling across an organisation, or to identify how a small team or individual is reacting to iminent or recent change. Allow 20 minutes for each individual to complete the questionnaire, allocate time to log the results and analyse them, and also time to feedback and discuss the results.