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Change Strategies
Effective change strategies enable these questions to be answered by design, rather than through default or trial and error.
- What are the right problems to work on first?
- Will fixing these problems advance our leadership position?
- What is the criteria for determining
- What are the improvement objectives?
- How much improvement is enough?
- Who are the right people to be on the team?
- If teams are “self-directed”, where do customers fit?
- Are we trying to satisfy the right customers?
- Who needs what training; when should they get it; how much will they use?
- How will the visibility of results increase the change initiative’s momentum?
- What measures, incentives and rewards will support the initiative’s goals and sustain the change process?
Predictors of Change Initiative Success
- Purpose of the initiative is clearly understood and agreed to by those affected.
- Concepts, language and methods are personally relevant to and used routinely by top management.
- Initiative is integrated into the organization’s business plan and system of performance measures.
- Strategic priorities, measures and incentives are aligned with and support the initiative.
- Successes have observable impact on improving customer satisfaction and the organization’s competitive position.
- Activity is not treated as an end in itself.
- Tools used challenge assumptions of what is possible and effectively change values and behavior.
As the number of statements which are true increases, the likelihood of sustainable success increases.

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