The elephant never forgets - and neither do employees

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT!

Sometimes when implementing a change project, there's a battle to overcome the legacy of the last failed project. Like the elephant it seems, our colleagues also have a long memory. I personally love change. To me, life is change and it's inevitable. But I get the point here too. There are times when change is done poorly and unfortunately that can leave behind it a long shadow to deal with. There aren't any quick fixes and it's not something you can 'Comms your way out of'. Employees have a way of smoking out inauthenticity. So what can be done to address the issue of a previous change legacy?

🧱 There needs to be extra impetus on building trust and rapport

🐌 Change processes may need to be slowed right down to allow time for discussion, trust and relationship

🔬 We need to look at the root cause of the issues to identify where things went wrong last time

🔎 We must build a bank of evidence of how things are succeeding What would you add to the list to overcome a change legacy?

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