{"id":30958,"date":"2021-12-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/?p=30958"},"modified":"2023-08-01T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:04:08","slug":"kolme-group-change-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Change Management in Project Implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f127a4\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>Written by Kelly Smith, PMSC with\u00a0Kolme\u00a0Group<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever found yourself in this position?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re a stellar project manager, and your project delivered a great product. <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/work-breakdown-structure-software\/\">Your work breakdown structure<\/a> was dialed, and you brought the project in on&nbsp;time and within budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, within the year, the product lies abandoned and neglected, gathering dust. The organization is already spinning up another project to&nbsp;build, configure, or implement another solution to the same business problem your endeavor was supposed to solve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happened? How did everything go off the rails after you wrapped up the undertaking?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps, while focusing our energy&nbsp;towards&nbsp;the project&#8217;s tangible deliverables, we forgot about the intangibles:&nbsp;Projects are agents of change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By nature, the purpose of a project is to bring something from one state to another.&nbsp;People sometimes resist change. Some individuals love change.&nbsp;It marks new beginnings, up-leveling, and forward movement, while&nbsp;others&nbsp;are change adverse for various reasons like whether it will change what they are doing&nbsp;on a daily basis, will it be more work for them, what if they can\u2019t learn the new way of being or operating.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/change-management-templates\/\">Change management<\/a> helps to identify those points of resistance and uses <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/change-management-software\/\">change management tools<\/a> and techniques to address them for the best possible adoption.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the question is:<em> Are we doing&nbsp;the necessary&nbsp;things&nbsp;in our projects to help prepare our stakeholders for change?&nbsp;<\/em>\ud83e\udd14<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do our projects truly deliver business benefits, or do they just create products and services?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And what&#8217;s the project manager&#8217;s role in preparing the organization for change? Do we need a change manager to support our efforts?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-table-of-contents-block ub_table-of-contents\" id=\"ub_table-of-contents-4a41a007-bc2a-49c5-9482-57d54ae79006\" data-linktodivider=\"false\" data-showtext=\"show\" data-hidetext=\"hide\" data-scrolltype=\"auto\" data-enablesmoothscroll=\"false\" data-initiallyhideonmobile=\"false\" data-initiallyshow=\"true\"><div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header-container\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header\" style=\"text-align: left; \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-title\">This Article Contains: <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-extra-container\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-container ub_table-of-contents-1-column \">\n\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"\"><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#0-what-is-organizational-change-management-ocm-and-how-is-it-different-than-project-management-\" style=\"\">What Is Organizational Change Management (OCM) and\u00a0How\u00a0Is it Different Than Project Management?\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#1-what-is-the-difference-between-organizational-change-management-and-project-management-\" style=\"\">What\u00a0Is the\u00a0Difference\u00a0Between Organizational Change Management and Project Management?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#2-project-managers-as-change-managers-\" style=\"\">Project Managers as\u00a0Change\u00a0Managers\u00a0<\/a><ul><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#3-what-if-we-don%E2%80%99t-have-a-change-manager-\" style=\"\">What if we don\u2019t have a Change Manager?\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#4-tools-and-techniques-of-organizational-change-management-\" style=\"\">Tools\u00a0and Techniques\u00a0of Organizational\u00a0Change\u00a0Management\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><ul><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#5-change-management-plans-\" style=\"\">Change Management Plans<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#6-the-truth-about-project-sponsors-\" style=\"\">The Truth About Project Sponsors\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/kolme-group-change-management\/#7-the-bottom-line-\" style=\"\">The Bottom Line\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"0-what-is-organizational-change-management-ocm-and-how-is-it-different-than-project-management-\"><strong>What Is Organizational Change Management (OCM) and&nbsp;How&nbsp;Is it Different Than Project Management?&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What&nbsp;exactly&nbsp;is OCM?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OCM is a growing market segment that is complementary to project&nbsp;management.&nbsp; It&nbsp;is the science of managing people through change.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be wondering\u2026\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/change-management-guide\/\">Change management<\/a> doesn\u2019t sound very science-y?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is&nbsp;a social&nbsp;science as its research is focused on human behaviors or people&#8217;s reactions to change.&nbsp;As such, change management involves supporting organizational evolution as&nbsp;<em>employees<\/em>&nbsp;move into a new way of being.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizational Change<\/strong> is the result of a collection of individuals changing. Businesses and corporations don&#8217;t make the decision to change, associates who belong to them do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are the living and breathing things that make organizations run\u2014the heartbeat of the structure.&nbsp;We need them, value them, and honor the change journey they travel.&nbsp; All improvements (big or small) require change and OCM aids in championing these efforts by providing assessments and <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/succession-planning-templates\/\">succession plans<\/a> to arrive at the best business outcome.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of it at this level: Is your project going to change a person\u2019s location, process, system,&nbsp;tools, job role, mindset, reporting structure, compensation or behavior? Are they ready, willing, and able to take on this new change?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider the degree of impact that your project has along with how each person processes the change will help you understand what level of Change Management is necessary to make sure your project is successful long after you are onto your next project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because&nbsp;at the end of the day,&nbsp;you may have the \u201cperfect\u201d project closed out with all your KPIs scores with high marks, but if the people that you impacted do not change how they do their job to support your project, it will ultimately be a failure and you will not achieve what you set out to do from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizational change is&nbsp;<em>not&nbsp;<\/em>project change.&nbsp;Project management processes concerned with shifts in an initiative, like change requests, logs, committees, are not the focus of organizational change management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather, OCM focuses on interventions throughout the project that can promote an initiative.&nbsp;It affects communications, project leadership, managing resisters, and many other things.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-what-is-the-difference-between-organizational-change-management-and-project-management-\">What&nbsp;Is the&nbsp;Difference&nbsp;Between Organizational Change Management and Project Management?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project management<\/strong> focuses on the technical side of change.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Project managers are concerned with fulfilling requirements of time, budget, scope, quality,&nbsp;among many other areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Change management<\/strong> addresses the human&nbsp;and&nbsp;people side of change.&nbsp;Change&nbsp;management practitioners&nbsp;are dedicated to preparing people in the areas of awareness, desire, knowledge, ability, and reinforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be thinking, \u201cI expertly <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/stakeholder-management\/\">manage stakeholders<\/a>\u00a0and the team in my role as a project manager every day\u201d<s>\u00a0\u00a0<\/s>what&#8217;s the difference?\u00a0\u00a0\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although there can be crossover on what change management and project management focuses&nbsp;on, they&#8217;re two very distinct and separate disciplines.&nbsp;Each has specific methodologies, tools, and techniques, and desired outcomes.&nbsp;The shared goals of both are to create a sustainable change, improve adoption, and have a positive impact on resources.&nbsp;Change management and project management complement each other and are most effective when implemented simultaneously and with a strong leader or sponsor.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ocm.jpeg\" alt=\"change management Kolme Group\" class=\"wp-image-30969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ocm.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ocm-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ocm-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kolmegroup.com\/change-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kolme Group<\/a><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-project-managers-as-change-managers-\">Project Managers as&nbsp;Change&nbsp;Managers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we know the difference and similarities between Organizational Change Management&nbsp;and&nbsp;Project Management, how can we incorporate both into our projects?&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do I really need both a project manager and a change manager?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally, your projects will have both a change manager and a project manager.&nbsp;&nbsp;With that said, change managers and project managers must work together as a team to integrate their activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizational Change Management is an investment (time and money) in getting leadership the tools to support the people side of change.&nbsp;Don&#8217;t let this scare you or let it stand in the way of including OCM in your projects.&nbsp;The benefits of this investment far outweigh the &#8220;costs.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizational change management can help:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increase project success&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support clear messages about the change and improve communication with teams&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make changes happen in a faster, more cost-effective way&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make people&#8217;s work lives better by prioritizing human beings&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Empower employees to embrace and be comfortable with the change&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a feedback loop for managers and employees to talk through opportunities&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a system or methodology for the change, increasing the likelihood of change readiness&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change management supports financial and strategic goals\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effective sponsorship is the\u202f<em>number one<\/em>\u202fcontributor to project success\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good change management =\u202fHigh\u202fROI\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And if that isn\u2019t enough\u2026there\u2019s more:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Change management supports financial and strategic goals\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effective sponsorship is the\u202f<em>number one<\/em>\u202fcontributor to project success\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good change management =\u202fHigh\u202fROI\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-what-if-we-don%E2%80%99t-have-a-change-manager-\">What if we don\u2019t have a Change Manager?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The point of a project is&nbsp;simply&nbsp;not just&nbsp;building deliverables.&nbsp;The&nbsp;objective&nbsp;is delivering value: Benefits Realization.&nbsp;This can be increased by&nbsp;addressing the&nbsp;people&nbsp;side of change.&nbsp;Things like coaching, assessments, sponsor&nbsp;and leadership&nbsp;engagement,&nbsp;and&nbsp;training can support project success.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/giphy-15.gif\" alt=\"The Office colleagues bumping fists\" class=\"wp-image-30974\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Peacock via <a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/theoffice-ag2X2aeAKs8WK1gFCt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GIPHY<\/a><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a change manager, don\u2019t fret.&nbsp;As&nbsp;PM,&nbsp;you can incorporate change management tools and techniques&nbsp;into your practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an overview of common change management tools, techniques,&nbsp;and plans that project managers&nbsp;can familiarize themselves with and&nbsp;add to their arsenal for positive project outcomes.&nbsp;Some require very little time and can provide information that is invaluable.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-tools-and-techniques-of-organizational-change-management-\">Tools&nbsp;and Techniques&nbsp;of Organizational&nbsp;Change&nbsp;Management&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main tools used in Organizational Change Management are assessments and plans.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assessments:<\/strong>&nbsp; Assessments can be utilized throughout the life of the project but are especially useful in preparation for change.&nbsp;<s>&nbsp;<\/s>Various assessments are available to determine:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Individual, departmental, and organizational readiness for change<s>,<\/s>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The risk the change might pose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whether or not the components of leadership, change management, and project management resources are in place&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sponsor evaluation&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team member competency&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The results of those evaluations are used to create tailored and scaled plans.&nbsp; A few common types of assessments in change management are:&nbsp;ADKAR, Change Impact Assessments, Organizational Readiness Assessments, <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/stakeholder-analysis\/\">Stakeholder Analysis<\/a>, among others.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It goes without saying that having a member of the planning team who is versed in preparing, gathering, and analyzing the assessments is extremely valuable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about these assessments please visit:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prosci.com\/methodology\/pct-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PCT Model<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prosci.com\/methodology\/adkar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADKAR&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prosci.com\/resources\/articles\/defining-change-impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Change Impact\/Organizational Readiness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-change-management-plans-\"><strong>Change Management Plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the plans is to teach your sponsors&nbsp;and managers&nbsp;to be good leaders throughout the transformation. These documents spell out activities or roles that will need managerial attention during the execution of a project or institutional change.&nbsp;These tactics are developed, and action must be taken for them to be effective.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Coaching Plans for Managers<\/strong>-Change managers utilize a&nbsp;\u201cCoach the Coaches\u201d approach to drive change\u200b. The specialized assessments help to identify coaching needs\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resistance Plans\u200b<\/strong>-Let\u2019s face it, resistance happens.&nbsp; Resistance plans can facilitate the&nbsp;identification and management of \u2018flight risk\u2019 users\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sponsor Roadmaps<\/strong>-Like the name implies, a&nbsp;sponsorship roadmap acts a guide or path for the sponsor.&nbsp; It outlines the activities sponsors take to make sure their team gets the necessary encouragement during the project implementation lifecycle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Training Plans<\/strong>-Training plans are tailored based on the results of the assessments<s>.&nbsp;<\/s>&nbsp;Gamification tools and onboarding activities (gamified training strategies) can help aid learning and support positivity in learning a new tool or skill.\u200b Who doesn\u2019t love adding a little fun into training sessions?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Communication plans<\/strong>-How we communicate change matters.&nbsp; Detailed communication plans are key to messaging during the various phases of a project.&nbsp; Change managers focus on content, the timing of messages, suggested format (in-person meeting, email, phone call), the preferred sender of specific communication(s), receivers, and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corrective Actions Plan-When a team member is not processing change well, a corrective actions <a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/transition-plan-templates\/\">plan works to assist the transition<\/a>.&nbsp;This type of plan helps to identify the challenge and create steps towards a solution&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Celebrate Successes<\/strong>-Having a strategy to commend individual and team change is key to morale.&nbsp;Change can be tough. It is important to applaud success and acknowledge good things happening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/giphy-16.gif\" alt=\"Corporate show celebrating \" class=\"wp-image-30975\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Corporate via <a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/corporate-funny-comedy-central-wK2OYJONVnWcmjCi6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GIPHY<\/a><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-the-truth-about-project-sponsors-\">The Truth About Project Sponsors&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Exactly how important is sponsorship visibility?<\/em><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies have shown that strong sponsorship is as important (if not more important) than communication.&nbsp;Sponsors often think they are&nbsp;only&nbsp;needed at the beginning of a project or just to make large executive decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact is sponsors need to be involved throughout the lifecycle of the project, make decisions, and participate in exercises like communicating the change and coalition building.&nbsp;Sponsor presence can create an atmosphere of support and&nbsp;excitement,&nbsp;leading&nbsp;the way for the rest of the team.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>So, is the sponsor the only leader on the project<\/em><em>?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><em><\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer to this question is a strong, hard, NO!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary sponsors should build a coalition to support change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is key if the change is enterprise-wide or spans multiple departments.&nbsp;It&#8217;s wise to solicit executives charged with other business units to gain support from the leadership and staff who are affected by the change.&nbsp;Mobilize a team of talent that can cheer a project on throughout the whole company.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7-the-bottom-line-\">The Bottom Line&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One truth to hold dear is&nbsp;<em>anytime an organization executes a transition that involves people<\/em>, addressing those factors that will affect them individually and holistically is highly beneficial.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There can be a plethora of reasons why folks don\u2019t want to participate. Your team may have fears, resentments, and may be used to their old habits, the list goes on and on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be mindful of team members who are resistant to change and of those who revel at the thought of transformations (yes, those folks are out there too).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relay the importance of the adjustment, listen to and act upon employee concerns and feedback. Take a moment to focus on the intangibles.&nbsp;Ask the question presented at the top of this blog, \u201cAre we doing the things necessary in our projects to help prepare our stakeholders for change?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the answer is \u201cno,\u201d&nbsp;<em>go do those things<\/em>. Start today. You might just find that your project health, outcomes, and sustainability of the work are greatly improved by taking care of your humans.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kolmegroup.com\/change-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kolme\u202fGroup<\/a><\/strong> has helped clients with free Change Management&nbsp;Assessments and high-level planning so they can focus on the value of Change Management for their organization.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our experienced\u202fconsultants see great value in using all the tools\u202fin our toolbox to make your projects thrive!\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To find out more\u202fabout our Project and Change Management Services, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kolmegroup.com\/change-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit our website<\/a>.&nbsp;Be sure to follow us on\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KolmeGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/kolme-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u202f, and\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3UPOTFFMM44Lq4tQAtBAUQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\u202fand use #KolmeGroup\u202fon shared posts!\u202f&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Kelly Smith, PMSC with\u00a0Kolme\u00a0Group Have you ever found yourself in this position?&nbsp;&nbsp; You&#8217;re a stellar project manager, and your project delivered a great product. Your work breakdown structure was dialed, and you brought the project in on&nbsp;time and within budget. Despite this, within the year, the product lies abandoned and neglected, gathering dust. 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