What is change readiness?

Now more than ever, organisations need a dependable change readiness strategy to help them adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Change readiness is a superpower that helps organisations succeed at change. 

What does change readiness involve?

Change makes demands of people and their organisations. Unless those demands are met, the changes will fail. Change readiness is about having enough supply to meet those demands.

There are two areas where supply must be built. The first is within people – how they think, what they think, how they handle emotions, and what they do. This is called ‘change fitness’. A comprehensive change readiness strategy must create more change fitness.

The second area of supply involves organisational systems, leadership, and culture.

Change readiness is what you get when you have a strategy to develop the change fitness of your people and systems, leadership, and culture of your organisation.

Why does it matter?

Change readiness matters for three important reasons.

First, building and leveraging change readiness is a crucial leadership skill. The world changes fast, and people constantly need to adapt. Leaders must have the latest knowledge in this field. 

Second, change readiness is essential for the sustainable growth of any business or organisation. You can’t grow if you don’t change, and the more ready you are for change, the faster and further you can go.

Third, change readiness is essential for workplace wellness. Change stresses people. We even have a term for it: change fatigue. Growing personal change readiness is developing coping strategies that help people cope with change and thrive through change. If you want to build a sustainable and high-performing workforce, you must consider change readiness.

How can we develop a change readiness strategy?

Developing a change readiness strategy starts with desire and knowledge. If you have the desire to build such a strategy, we have the theoretical and practical knowledge to help you.

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