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5 Necessary Actions for Organizational Change

Written by Hal

Hal Macomber and Greg Howell



Adopting new behaviors on projects and in organizations is one of the toughest actions we take as leader-managers.  In this special report we offer you an approach to make your change efforts successful.  The first thing to know is these are necessary but often not sufficient conditions.  If you skip one of these actions you are assured of failure in the long-term.  However, performing all five actions doesn't guarantee success.  Very often a situation demands additional actions to ensure success, e.g., changes to systems or acquisition of new skills.  Use the outline below as a point of departure for planning your changes.  Do the planning in a group and be open to multiple approaches rather than one "right" answer.
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