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Hire The Right Change Consultant
March 16, 2019
Talal I. El-Assaad: Specialized Change Management Expertise
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change consultant is one that creates and implements a Change Management strategy that maximizes acceptance by the team and usage while minimizing resistance. Choosing the right change consultant is important for the successful integration of new change. It is the power of the right organizational change consulting that drives faster adoption of the change, higher ultimate utilization and an increased proficiency that helps achieve organizational objectives.
If your organization has undergone a change, from navigating through an organizational realignment to implementing a new software system, you would know what an overwhelming task it is. Bringing in a change consultant can help your business get through the whole process of transition or change smoothly and effectively with fewer problems than relying and depending on your in-house expertise.
The right kind of organizational change consulting can make or break the whole change initiative.
Here are a few points you need to consider in order to choose the right change consultant for your change initiative:-
Their Role In The Change
Look for a consultant who can help you with change in the component(s) you need. A change consultant can have expertise in logical, technical or people components of change. Be sure of what is your requirement and then choose the person with the right kind of experience.
Experience
Look out for the amount of experience in the change manager you have contacted. What changes have they implemented in an organization? Choose someone who has experienced change from a variety of perspectives because someone like that will be able to bring more understanding to your initiative.
Enquire About The Team & Their Experience
There might be a senior consultant who does the work of creating and overseeing the change plan but there could be other team members who do the actual groundwork. As a company looking to choose the right change consultant, before choosing one you should be well aware of who is going to do what, who’s on the team and how would they be working together with the in-house team of the organization. Your satisfaction with the whole team is a must.
Study Their Approach Before Hiring Them
A good organizational change consultant would want to know each and every detail about your company and understand your business. He/she might ask you good business questions and comprehend how all pieces fit together before outlining a change plan. If the change consultant you have approached just jumps right in without asking any questions then they might be lacking the skills that you need for your organization.
Enquire About Their Biggest Failure
It is essential that you ask the organizational change consulting company about its biggest failure and how they turned it around. If the consultant tells you that they have had zero failures then you might want to move to another change consulting company because anyone that tells you they haven’t had failures while implementing a change in an organization is lying. Anyone who does not have an answer to how they fixed a big failure isn’t fit to lead your change initiative.
ProClipse Consulting can provide you with the best change consultants in UAE who will ensure that your internal employees are fully engaged in the organizational transformation process. Keeping in mind the above-mentioned points, get in touch with a change consultant to start the change initiative for your organization without much delay.
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