According to Gartner Research, the average employee is faced with as many as ten enterprise-wide change initiatives per year. They can span from restructuring to achieve efficiencies, from a culture change to new work or a new IT system. Yet, even positive, well-intentioned changes can overwhelm employees when the volume…
At the end of 2023, we had predicted in our Top 5 Change Leadership Trends that in 2024 (1) the polycrisis would continue, (2) mental health would become more important, (3) the need for self-reflection among young leaders would increase, (4) internal communication will be better understood as a success…
In our experience, leaders are still primarily selected based on their technical expertise. However, to attract diverse, interdisciplinary and equally skilled teams to change initiatives, social skills are more important. One of the most important skills for effective change leadership is empathy. And it is more than just being nice.…
In the business world, change is inevitable. Market dynamics shift, consumer preferences evolve, and new technologies disrupt established business models and processes (see Digital Transformation done right). As a leader, the challenge is not just recognising change, but managing it in a way that your team embraces it rather than…
In large organizations, an average of 70 to 85 per cent of all change initiatives fail. According to our many years of experience, this is particularly due to a lack of social and emotional aspects like insufficient empathy and motivation skills of executives (in addition to other reasons why transformations…
Highly functional and cohesive teams are crucial for economic success in our VUCA world. One of the most important elements in achieving this is psychological safety. This term was introduced by Harvard professor Amy Edmondson in the 1990s. She defined psychological safety as a state in which the work environment…
Artificial intelligence (AI) in change management is crucial to meet today’s challenges of effective change leadership. As early AI in CM adopters, we are using AI tools to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our services. Below we have compiled a current overview of the sectors in which we are…
At viadoo, we are early adopters in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in organisational change management. As a leading service provider for planning and managing change initiatives, we are using AI tools to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our services. Of course, we are learning more about this…
The digitalisation or digital transformation of an organisation is one of the most common changes. At the same time, it’s one of the most difficult ones. But why does the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system fail so often? Why does the continuous use of digital technology…
New work projects are changes that require management. Like the construction of a new office building or the conversion of individual offices into open-plan offices. Without change management, they harbour social and emotional dynamite. So any management would be well advised to involve employees as early as the planning stage…