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Administrators’ Conference 2013
Workshop: Implementing change
Carrie Dow
November 2013
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Introductions
Work-life
> Projects & Change Manager
> Linklaters – global law firm
> My day: all about managing change
Home-life
> A family full of clergy / ministry roles
> 18+ years of vicarage life
> Church office in our front room …
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Agenda
1. What do we mean by “implementing change”?
2. A few examples from church life
3. What is the key to success?
4. Change life-cycle – practical steps
5. Questions …
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What do we mean by “implementing change”?
A few definitions
> What you do = “project” management
> How you do it = “change” management
> Reasons for failure are rarely because the idea is bad …
> … typically the what doesn’t include enough thought on how you take people with you
What does good change management involve?
> Anticipation
> Common sense
> Time and effort
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A few examples from church life …
Infrastructural change
> Building a church hall
> Upgrading the kitchen / sound system
> Switching from pews to chairs
> Moving the rood screen
Strategic change
> Introducing a new service
> Planting a new church
> Initiating a youth work programme
> A new purpose statement (or vision)
Organisational change
> New roles / staff members
> Revised homegroup structure
> Introducing extra prayer meetings
> Inviting men to the women’s fellowship
Process (or operational) change
> Introducing a new Bible version
> Distributing the Lord’s supper
> New music rotas
> Introducing Fairtrade coffee
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What is the key to success?
Feedback from your peers – key themes for success
> Explain why … link to vision or values
> Explain how and when (but not too much detail at the expense of the above)
> Getting the pace right, not doing too much at once (include trial periods)
> Involving the right people in ideas/discussions, before, during and after
> Understanding people’s limitations (time, mostly) and providing options
> Warmth, encouragement, thanks and appreciation (particularly for costly changes)
> A strong core team with defined roles, complementary skill sets, courage, humour …
> Identify ‘successful’ before you start, for everyone (including those you will upset)
> Communicate, communicate, communicate
> 4Ps: Prayer, Planning, Preaching, Pastoral care
> Red wine helps
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What is the key to success?
Feedback from your peers – tripping points to avoid
> A perception that personal preference is the driver for change, or an appropriate response to it
> Taking advice from people but ignoring it (or appearing to)
> Change overload
> Those who shout loudest get their way – sift the evidence carefully
> Forgetting you’re working with volunteers and expecting too much
> Lack of (joined up) communications
> Preaching that those opposed to the change are ‘agents of the enemy within’
> Missing possible implications for the change
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Change management life-cycle
Idea Plan Impact Transition Review
Vision
Case for change
Key messages
Leadership team
Change strategy
Interventions
Who
Assess impact
Give it time
Constant feedback
Keep adjusting
Report back
Support
Comms Change is easier …
Be honest
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Change management life-cycle
Idea
Vision
Case for change
Key messages
Comms
Vision
> ‘Postcard from the future’
> Burning platform: DxV=C
> Or … T x (Bo + Be) > C x (E + Bu) = willingness to embrace change
Case for change
> Addresses the question “why are we doing this?”
> Creates a compelling reason for starting an initiative
> Sets out the problem and opportunity (what if we did nothing?)
> Generates buy in and active engagement, linking to vision
> Issues must be Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive
Key messages
> ‘Elevator pitch’
> Starting point for ALL comms about initiative
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Change management life-cycle
Plan
Leadership team
Change strategy
Leadership team
> Critical!
> Draw from the top and the middle levels of an organisation
> Consider what skill sets you need
Change strategy
> Understand the full change context before you plan:
> Capacity for change
> Nature of change
> Throw over the fence or manage change in over time?
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Change management life-cycle
Impact
Who
> U.P.I.G.
Assess impact
> Describes each change, and which people are impacted
> Identifies what support they need (training, comms, support etc.)
Considerations
> Organisational change – need to interact differently
> Process – need to do something differently
> Knowledge & Skills – need to know something new or different
> Tools/System/Technology – need to use something differently
> Culture – need to think and act differently
> Measure – need to reward differently
Interventions
Who
Assess impact
Change is easier …
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Change management life-cycle
Impact
Interventions
Who
Assess impact
Change is easier …
Communications
(I know and understand clearly what is expected of me)
Education
(I have the necessary skills to act in the new way)
Support
(I know where and how to find out more)
Role models
I see others (especially those in senior positions) acting the
same way
Change is made easier if…
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Change management life-cycle
Transition
Transition
> A defined period where everyone knows we are learning on the job
> Important to continue to take feedback
> Identify who, in particular, will need support and how we deliver this
> Make adjustments to secure benefits
Give it time
Constant feedback
Support
Keep adjusting
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Change management life-cycle
Review
Review
> Agree at what point we can report back
> Be honest – it may be too early to see successes!
> Be honest – some things may not have workedReport back
Be honest
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What we’ve covered
1. What do we mean by “implementing change”?
2. A few examples from church life
3. What is the key to success?
4. Change life-cycle – practical steps
5. Questions …