Tag: tool • ORCHANGO

Powering on change management potential

September 1, 2016
Edmond Mellina
Capability building, Nimble change management, Published articles, Stories
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Model & case study to help build organizational change capacity… Edmond Mellina wrote this paper for Effective Executive, one of the flagship journals of IUP Publications (India). The theme of that particular issue was: “Powering on Potential”.

Paper overview: An organization cannot grow if it remains unwilling to change. The capacity to absorb change is the fuel that propels an organization forward and puts it on the path of progress. And this organizational capacity can be built by adopting the 4-stage model presented in this paper. Besides giving an overview of the said model, the paper also draws on a client case to explain how change management capabilities can be increased in the real world and how it helps an organization to reach its potential.

Give a change stethoscope to your managers

March 11, 2016
Edmond Mellina
Capability building, Mini-tools, Nimble change management, On our minds, Published articles, Stories
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The critical role that direct managers play during change – both upstream and downstream – cannot be overemphasized. They represent the real keystone of organizational change. However, managers have no time, nor need, for the kind of tools favored by internal change consultants and project teams. What do they really need then? Three things: a very concise overview of your model; stethoscope-like tools; and better influence and “light-politics” skills.

Article first written for the People + Strategy blog of HRPS (USA); and subsequently featured on SmartBrief, a content aggregator which selects “only the most important industry developments from more than 10,000 major media outlets, regional newspapers, trade publications and blogs”. The Strategic Capability Network (Canada) also published the article on its blog.

Example of emotional case: ESA’s latest safety campaign

In an earlier post I talked about the importance of building the emotional case for change – and not just the business case. To illustrate, I used a consumer example: Volkswagen’s Eyes on the road campaign (the video is embedded in that post). I encouraged change leaders to study how others have been able to engage at an emotional level the people who had to change; and I shared some of my favourite stories from the change management literature.

I just came across another great video example, this time by

Change leaders, it’s OK to undermine your authority

May 6, 2015
Edmond Mellina
Mini-tools, Nimble change management, On our minds
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A friend recently sent me a link to a Time.com article with a rather catchy title: “How Not to Be ‘Manterrupted’ in Meetings“. As I was reading it, I thought about the way change leaders propose new ideas; and how it can either help or hinder adoption by others.

A “political nose” à la John Baird is useful in change management

The unexpected resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has been front page news here in Canada since yesterday. Baird, who is one of the country’s most recognized (and controversial) public figures, is leaving politics all at once. A quote in this morning’s newspapers got me to think about change management.