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Developing Change Management Skills at STEMCELL Technologies

The Client STEMCELL Technologies Inc. is a Canadian biotechnology company that develops specialty cell culture media, cell isolation systems, and accessory products for life science research. The organization’s mission is to advance the pursuit of scientific knowledge by supplying high quality, innovative reagents, tools, and services. As Scientists Helping Scientists, their vision is to have

Debunking Change Management Myths – Part II

Let’s continue our journey to understanding current change management myths and how to overcome them. In this second blog, we conclude our list and invite you to review these concepts with us. We hope you enjoy it! Also read: Debunking change management myths – Part I Myth #5: Change management can be

Debunking Change Management Myths – Part I

Just like any other profession, change management is full of myths resulting from misleading assumptions. In this blog, we would like to review some of them and invite our readers to reflect with us. We hope that our perspective can contribute to the growth of this fantastic profession. Myth #1: A change management

The communication challenge: 6 principles to make your change message heard

It is not unusual for project teams to sacrifice communication efforts whenever there are time constraints or budget issues. It is also common for teams to assume that a single communication event is enough to change people’s behaviors. The truth is that the failure to communicate effectively can jeopardize your project, disengaging people and putting

ExperienceChange™: A different way to develop change management skills

Creating buy-in is difficult work. Organizations that are good at change management are able to quickly align people around new ways of doing things in response to opportunities or threats. Those that master it build resilience and an enduring competitive advantage. We want to talk about a new way to build change capabilities in your

Organizational change cannot be done in isolation: Steps to build a “Change Network”

Organizational change is challenging and cannot be done in isolation. Building support throughout the organization is a key ingredient to success. We are going to introduce you to five simple steps to build a “Change Network” and enlist the support of your stakeholders. Start by identifying the groups impacted by the change Work with

Top 5 tips to implement successful change

Change is more prevalent than ever and so is the need to create impact and obtain employee buy-in. Organizations are learning this the hard way: projects that fail because people were not brought up to speed with the change, new processes that are not followed, and expensive technologies that create more “noise” than help the

What is change management?

Often times, while working with our clients, we are faced with varying degrees of understanding of what change management is. For some of the most informed, change management is a synonym for training and communication, for others change management speaks to the ability to navigate the organization and be persuasive, and for others is just

Tips to choosing Change Management training programs to best suit your needs

More and more, organizations are realizing the importance of applying change management to the initiatives they face. Here are three questions to help you as you research change management training programs to find the one that is best suited to your needs. Who attends my change management training program? A “one size fits all” approach

Executive Sponsorship: A key element of success in Change Management

One of the main contributors to overall Change Management success is effective executive sponsorship (KPMG, 2010; Prosci, 2012). Sponsorship serves to legitimize the change management effort and creates the necessary buy-in for success. In turn, when the right sponsorship is not in place it is very difficult to succeed. In this blog, we review some