The podcast delves into the vital role of executive teams in organisational change management. Niall emphasises that active sponsorship from the executive team greatly enhances the effectiveness of change management.
Effective sponsorship demands that key executives wholeheartedly embrace change, fostering a ripple effect throughout the entire organisation. This metamorphosis is kickstarted by skilled change enablement specialists, ensuring that transformation begins from within.
In this episode, listeners will gain insights into the obstacles and trials inherent in change management. Niall also delves into how these hurdles can be perceived as opportunities for growth, particularly when the organisation is undergoing transformative processes.
Learn how key executives should be able to set change enablement specialists and coach them up for success. Niall also takes into account the sponsorship needed from the executive team to ensure that change enablement specialists will be able to successfully achieve the expected actions from them.
Active sponsorship with accountability was also discussed by Niall wherein the executive team who have chosen to invest in large coaching, training and education, as well as communication resources, be able to impose accountability to team members of change management and link the success to the efforts they have put in.
During an Agile transformation, organisations may face several common challenges. Here are six of them that are frequently encountered.
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The executive team serve as the catalyst for change within the organisation, casting a profound influence that resonates throughout.
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Over-delegation and under-removal of impediments or problems by the executive team.
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Changing the way you work to align with the organisational purpose.
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Under-sponsorship of the executive team to change-enablement specialists.
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Declaring victory too early.
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Fake urgency or “busy-ness” culture of the executive team.
