Business Change Planning

Every transformation, whether driven by digital initiatives, market shifts, or internal restructuring, requires a robust plan to ensure success.

Business change planning helps organisations anticipate challenges, allocate resources effectively, and align stakeholders around a shared vision.

Without a comprehensive plan, even the most promising changes can falter, leading to wasted resources and missed opportunities.

We use the industry recognised business change framework, The Prosci ADKAR® Model. This is one of the most widely requested models for business change management.

Backed by 20 years of research, the Prosci model is based on the common – yet often overlooked reality that organisational change only happens when individuals change, so focuses on helping those individuals to change.

The five (ADKAR) building blocks for successful change are:

• Awareness: creating awareness for the need for change
• Desire: the desire to make the change happen
• Knowledge: providing the knowledge of how and what to change
• Ability: giving people and organisations the skills and capabilities to change
• Reinforcement: reinforcing the change as the change occurs

1. Assessment and Analysis and Organisational Attributes

We assess existing processes and technologies, organisational culture and groups. This allows us to identify areas of improvement and potential risks, laying the groundwork for a successful change plan.

2. Strategic Planning

Our experts collaborate with your leadership team to define clear objectives and outcomes for the change initiative – every aspect of the transformation is considered.

3. Stakeholder Engagement and Change Management Team

Successful business change planning requires buy-in at all business levels. We develop a sponsorship model that identifies which leaders need to act as change sponsors.

4. Risk Management

Change inherently involves risk. We proactively identify risk and implement mitigation strategies to minimise potential disruptions and ensure the smooth execution of the change plan.

5. Implementation Support, Documentation, Strategy and Plan

We’ll create a strategy document and set of plans. Throughout the implementation phase, we provide guidance and adjustments as needed to keep the transformation on track.

6. Continuous Monitoring and Adjustment

Any change plans need to be adaptable. We provide ongoing monitoring and evaluation to ensure that the plan remains aligned with your goals and can be adjusted as circumstances evolve.