ScottMadden Insight: Change Management

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb. 21, 2012 - ScottMadden, Inc., a leading general management consulting firm, recently published “Change Management: Tools and Techniques for Change Management Success.” This article focuses on effective change techniques and processes and provides an overview of ScottMadden’s extensive change management tool kit.

ScottMadden believes that change management is most effective when embedded within a project and least effective when it is stand-alone or “bolt-on.” Too many organizations allow for significant segregation between project management’s executional focus and the activities of a change team. A key point of our success, we believe, is in the ability of our team to integrate change management within transformational projects.

ScottMadden understands that more than theory is needed to effectively deliver change management. It requires a practical and disciplined approach to increase the willingness, confidence, and ability of the organization to make the desired change. Our understanding of change theory and concepts is deep, and it is matched by an ability to execute effective techniques.

We are committed to understanding and applying change management techniques in all assignments because these techniques support more efficient and sustainable results. “To be effective, change management needs to be developed, integrated, and funded with the same discipline and importance as other core elements of the project,” said Jerred Crosby, ScottMadden director. “The lesson learned from transformational projects with our clients is that independence leads to ineffectiveness.”

ScottMadden’s change model encompasses six focus areas including: sponsorship, risk management, communication, marketing, organization development, and project accountability, with specific objectives, tools, and techniques to support their delivery. Meeting the change management challenge requires evaluation of all areas and specific and coordinated actions for each that are appropriate for the organization.

ScottMadden has been helping clients create greater value for their corporate services organizations for nearly 20 years. Our highly efficient, collaborative teams employ measurable, award-winning methods and deep cross-functional expertise to improve operational performance.

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