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Change management for content strategy
projects
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How d’you do
Kirk Grayson
Principal, Pedamento Content Strategy
Andrew Peachey
Change Management Specialist
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Let’s talk about …• What change management is – and what it isn’t• Where does a change plan fit in a project?• Keys to successfully managing change
• Analysing & planning• Setting up your vital sponsorship network• Identifying and managing resistance
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What is change management? And why is it important?
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Managing change• Makes good business sense• Understanding – change is difficult• People need assistance and time to transition• Change management speeds the process
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Installation vs implementation
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On time
On budget
Technical objectives met
Business objectives met
Human objectives met
Installation vs implementation
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Who loves change?
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The stages of grief (change)
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3 keys to successful change
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1) Analysis & planning
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Defining the change• The difference between current and future states• Reasons for the change• Benefits of the change• Stakeholder inventory – each group that will be affected• Timelines • Measurement – how will we know how successful the change is?
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Assessing readinessUnderstanding how each group is feeling about the upcoming change• Aware? • Supportive and positive?
Factors that could have an impact: • Other changes at the company• Other major events (annual planning, budgeting)• Upcoming technology changes• Change history
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What is a change plan? Where does it fit?• CM is scalable• CM is specific to each project• Change plans are part of a project plan• They’re flexible, changing to meet
changing needs
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2) Cascading sponsorship
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”
-Andy Warhol
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Roles•Sponsors•Change Agents•Targets
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Role of sponsor•Authorize, legitimize and
demonstrate ownership •Have enough organizational
power and/or influence to−initiate resource commitment,
or −reinforce the change at the
local level
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Effective sponsorshipSponsors need to be: • aligned• active and visible
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Change agentsHave implementation responsibility through planning and execution. •Successful personal and company history•Knowledgeable about the field; believe in the project•Credible with key sponsors and target groups
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Targets• Each group affected – including sponsors – are targets
first• Targets need to know: • Impacts • Benefits - WIIFM• Is it real (really going to happen)
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Successful sponsorship strategy
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Authorizing Sponsor
Target/Reinforcing Sponsor
Target/Agent/Reinforcing Sponsor
Target
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Unsuccessful sponsorship strategy
BLACK HOLE
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Content strategy exampleVP Corporate Affairs VP Operations
Director, Corporate Communications
Manager Marketing
Manager Digital Services
Copywriter
Videographer
Digital Comms Specialist
Social Media Specialist
Director, Product Development
Manager Product X
Manager Widget Y
Product Engineer
Technical Writer
Product Engineer
Technical Writer
Authorizing Sponsor
Targets/Reinforcing Sponsors
Targets/Agents/Reinforcing Sponsors
Targets
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3) Managing resistance
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most”
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Resistance is…• Inevitable• Natural• Manageable• A sign you’ve touched on something important• A desire to control the change • A good thing
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Resistance is not…• Logical • A sign of disloyalty• Something to overcome or combat• Personal• Designed to discredit your competence• Indicative of poor performance• A sign that the change process is out of control
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Surface and validate• Explain the change in terms of how it impacts each group• Make it safe to surface resistance• Surface it early and keep it overt• Identify magnitude of the impact• Take action• Repeat the process
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Involve•Give impacted people the opportunity for input•Defining the problem•Developing the solution•Designing the approach•Planning and/or executing the implementation
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Communicate•A plan to support the change•Not one-way, top-down•Not once and done•Customized for impacted groups•Variety of formats, channels, media
•Right message, right audience, right time
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Train•Essential for a successful implementation•Build in $$ and time•Plan for ongoing training
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Reinforce•Reward efforts at adoption• Increase effort needed to perform old behaviour• Increase negative consequences for old behaviour
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Successful change
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
-Albert Einstein
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Look for …Ownership & adoption• Commitment• Ability• Behaviour
Plan for…•Ongoing governance, training, communication, reinforcement
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Watch out for…•Lack of sponsor engagement or buy-in•Poor change history•Time-&-money constraints•One size fits all•Misaligned reward system
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Tying it all together35
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Analyse the organization• Define the change• Assess readiness
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Understand the people• People don’t love change• They need help to move through it
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Cascading sponsorship is critical
Authorizing Sponsor
Target/Reinforcing Sponsor
Target/Agent/Reinforcing Sponsor
Target
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Manage resistance through: • Involvement• Communication• Training• Reinforcement
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“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end”
- Robin Sharma