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Field Configuring Events shed light on how change happens

Dr. Markus Nini

How change happens: Field Configuring Events as change management tool

Field Configuring Events is a new concept from organizational science that provides valuable insights into how change happens on a micro-level. It emphasizes the role of change events such as meetings, projects, workshop and conferences play in driving change.

Evidence-based change management, Discourse, Change Management, Language of change

Change agents can play an important role in managing change in organizations

Dr. Annette Towler

Change agents: The driving force behind change or just another management fad?

The terms change agents, change champion or change catalyst have become an integral part of jargon in almost any type of organization. We provides practical tips on how to best utilize change agents, their benefits and limitations.

Change Management, Evidence-based change management

Dr. Sumbul Tahir

Resistance to change in organizations: arch villain or underdog?

Change is an inevitable, all pervasive part of life and organizations need to predict and plan for future changes. People are programmed psychologically to resist change as they prefer status quo and familiar situations, dislike cognitive dissonance, and abhor the unknown. We have a look at change resistance, why it is important and how to overcome it in this CQ Dossier.

Change Management, Evidence-based change management

Many change initiatives fail. We summarize the top 12 reason why and how to fix them.

12 reasons why change management initiatives fail and how to fix them

Managing change is one of the most fundamental skills you need to succeed in an organization. It doesn’t matter whether you work in a private, a public or a non-governmental organization. Every time...

Change Management, Change side effects, Evidence-based change management

Large Scale Organizational Change Interventions (LSOCI) is cannot be planned and implemented solely based on a top-down approach.

Dr. Markus Nini

Managing organizational transformation: Change management tools that really make a difference

In your professional life you will most certainly face situations were only an organizational transformation can move you and your organization out of harm's way. New regulatory frameworks, disruptive innovations, financial crisis are some examples of events where gradual or incremental change reaches its limits. Learn how transformational change works in this CQ Dossier.

Large Scale Organizational Change, Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Language of change, Discourse

Communication shapes social reality and is a powerful change management tool

Dr. Markus Nini

Change management and communication: How to shape social reality and drive organizational change

One of the most powerful tools to manage change is language. Depending on how you use it, language can enable, block or drive organizational change. While the role language plays in organizational change has not yet been fully recognized in the practical domain, the social sciences have started the so called linguistic turn years ago.

Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Change side effects, Language of change, Discourse

Changing an organization's culture requires both top-down and bottom-up measures

Dr. Devon Price

Culture change: Using research to change organizational culture from bottom-up and top-down

Psychological research has consistently demonstrated that one of the largest influences on employee performance, satisfaction, motivation, and collaboration ability is organizational culture (Belias & Koustelios, 2014). Organizations that are warm, interdependent, and dynamic are typically healthier, more thriving organizations. Conversely, organizations that are cool, judgmental, or alienated typically have negative workplace outcomes, low retention, and low employee satisfaction.

Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Transformational Leadership, Organizational culture

This CQ Dossier provides some evidence-based practices on how to change employee attitudes

Dr. Devon Price

Attitude change: The science of changing human attitudes and perspectives

Dynamic, vibrant organizations must be receptive to making big, necessary changes. Whether it’s undergoing a shift in goals to meet the changing nature of the economy, or altering work processes to boost productivity and other outcomes, change is essential, but difficult.

Change Management, Evidence-based change management, Change side effects, Attitude change

Changing employee habits is difficult and requires special interventions that are based on research and theory.

Dr. Devon Price

Breaking bad habits: The science of changing workplace habits and behaviors

How should you as a professional go about instituting new work processes or eradicating unproductive or bad habits in your organization, team or project? We provide you some of the latest, science-supported tips for breaking bad habits and behavior change.

Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Employee habits, Behavior change

Changing an organization requires to provide a meaningful and positive future orientation of your organization

Dr. Devon Price

Looking Ahead: Changing your organization’s future orientation to foster innovation

Is it time to reorient your organization’s outlook? Are you company’s goals too short-term and reactive, rather than far-reaching and proactive? Does it feel as though people are always scrambling to deal with emergencies and “put out fires”, when ideally your organization would be taking carefully planned steps?

Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Psychological safety, Goal setting theory, Future orientation