Team Building and Participation
Establish team structures to facilitate change initiatives. Ensure change teams have the necessary skills and competences, providing training where necessary. Ensure individuals understand their role in the change. Put in place structures, targets, incentives, and rewards to encourage active participation and to empower employees.
Improvement Planning
Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)
Representative POMs are described for Team Building and Participation at each level of maturity.
- 2Basic
- Practice
- Assign individuals to change initiative teams based on their availability.
- Outcome
- Teams are supported by available personnel, without consideration of the skill levels required.
- Metric
- Records of team member assignment to change initiatives.
- Practice
- Assign team targets based on effective implementation of the change.
- Outcome
- The change leader is focused on effective change implementation rather than on change outcomes.
- Metric
- % of targets related to change implementation vs. the % of targets related to change outcomes.
- Practice
- Reward the team financially if all targets are met.
- Outcome
- The team is motivated to reach all targets.
- Metric
- % of change initiatives where all targets are met.
- 3Intermediate
- Practice
- Assign clear change roles to individuals within the change team, providing training as required.
- Outcome
- Individuals have the necessary skills and competences to carry out change initiatives, and team members are empowered to lead change initiatives.
- Metrics
- % of team members assigned to documented roles.
- % of team members who received training related to the change initiative needs.
- Practice
- Include key ‘influencers’ when planning change management initiatives.
- Outcome
- Change leaders target and include key ‘influencers’, which increases visibility of change and the motivation to participate in it.
- Metric
- # of key ‘influencers’ included in the change initiative.
- Practice
- Base rewards for staff on attaining achievable change outcomes.
- Outcome
- Staff are motivated to attain achievable outcomes. The focus is on change outcomes rather than on implementation targets.
- Metric
- % of targets related to change implementation vs. the % of targets related to change outcomes.
- 4Advanced
- Practice
- Establish teams based on stakeholder representation, complementary individual expertise, leadership qualities, interpersonal and teamwork skills, and previous success in the introduction of change.
- Outcome
- Teams are representative of stakeholders and are positioned to operate distributed leadership when appropriate.
- Metric
- % of stakeholders represented in the change team.
- Practice
- Lead by example to foster a culture of credibility, accountability, and teamwork.
- Outcome
- The change culture is promoted and personally demonstrated by change leaders, and so wins support for the change.
- Metric
- Level of team motivation, as measured in an organizational ‘climate survey’.
- Practice
- Publicly recognize the team and team member achievements in change outcomes.
- Outcome
- Public recognition given to the team and to individual member achievements motivates the team and wins support for change.
- Metric
- % of team achievements relating to change outcomes that are publicly acknowledged.
- 5Optimized
- Practice
- Continually review the composition and effectiveness of change teams and support for the vision for change.
- Outcome
- The composition and effectiveness of change teams are continually improved to facilitate the adoption of change.
- Metric
- # of improvements in the composition or effectiveness of change teams per annum.
- Practice
- Encourage leadership to support the vision for change in all employees.
- Outcome
- Empowering individual team members to take leadership roles in change initiatives motivates the individuals and builds support for change.
- Metric
- % of employees building support for the vision for change.
- Practice
- Extend proactive influencing of culture to the wider organization's ecosystem.
- Outcome
- Change leaders can benefit from a higher level of change management support in the wider stakeholder community, encompassing industry thought leaders, competitors, non-executive board members, key suppliers, and customers.
- Metric
- % of external stakeholders who are aware of the organization's change culture.