Some people in organizations feel forgotten, taken for granted, sat upon, kept in the dark. overworked , overused, not refreshed!

Well the metaphor can work! and now that I have your attention!

Note to Project & Program Managers and their Sponsors:

When Starting a project – Include Organizational Change Management (OCM) strategies, methods, processes, techniques.
OCM is the glue that deeply connects all levels of your organization to meet and exceed project objectives.

Project managers and their sponsors curiously complain, after implementation, about the lack of adoption of their objective. So much for project success! And that is because the majority of projects lack the integration of Organizational Change (OC) in their planning.

Before you even start, integrate OC . The later you wait, the steeper and more precarious the voyage to acceptance.

Managers: Here are some phrases that may stand for BRIGHT RED FLAGS and I hope will remind you to include OC or to at least contact me:

Well I asked them once and am still waiting
When I was doing this job I did not need anything
Let’s develop this now and ask them after
Ahh, they’ll just do what I tell them to do
Hey, we know this best, right?
What do they know about our product?
It’ s too complicated to involve others
They are too busy to involve them
I don’t want to spend the money
In my day we just did it and sucked it up
We are the bigger department. Right?

share more phrases!

Seymour