Our latest thinking on the art and science of Transformation and Change Management.
Are You Making an Impact, One Story at a Time?
We all know stories are powerful, but how do you harness that power effectively? At Switch, we believe storytelling is more than just crafting a narrative—it's about driving real change.
Through our 3-phase approach—Understand, Plan, Launch—we guide our clients in using storytelling to make transitions smoother and more impactful.
Small Changes, Giant Leaps: How Micro Changes Lead to Major Shifts
Many people begin a new year with long-term personal goals but find that they lose momentum over time. It’s not that they didn’t want to change. It’s just that long-term change can seem daunting. It’s the same for large or multi-year organizational change. That’s why we recommend planning, and making, shorter-term “micro-changes” along the way to build and maintain momentum. These five strategies can help.
Four Strategies to Help Executives Communicate Through Change
Whether it's a system implementation, restructuring, or a shift in company culture, effective communication from executives during organizational change is critical to success. These four tips can help you communicate effectively with your teams through organizational transformations.
Beyond the Basics: Elevating Your Change Management Approach to Achieve Results
Tips to evaluate and improve upon your change efforts in 2024.
Three Steps to Building Change Capability for Organizational Success
The ability of an organization to successfully manage change is the key to shifting from a culture that struggles to achieve goals to one that builds momentum while moving from milestone to milestone.
Are Your Leaders Aligned, Really? Ensuring Consensus with the Leadership Agreement Framework
Decisions are not binary. This concept, and the Leadership Agreement framework that supports it, is a critical tool in our work with leadership teams. Learn how we work with Leadership teams to gain consensus.
Unplugged but Not Left Behind: Adapting Change Management for Non-Connected Teams
“Deskless” or non-connected employees make up about 80% of the global workforce.” Read more to discover some best practices for connecting with this population.
The Power Duo: Maximizing Results Through Project Management and Change Management Collaboration
Project Management prepares solutions for organizations, whereas Change Management prepares organizations for solutions.
Successful Change Starts with Asking the Right Questions
At Switch, we want to help you ask the right questions at the right time to enable successful transformations.
Understanding Change Resistance: What It Looks Like and How to Manage It
As they say in Star Trek, “resistance is futile”. Or is it? It’s up to you as a leader to anticipate resistance and make a plan to minimize it - or you can allow resistance to take root through a lack of change planning, leaving your initiative vulnerable to delays and failure. Switch Consulting Group provides insight into change resistance and helps to develop tactics to mitigate and manage resistance when it occurs.
Mastering the Skill Will Matrix: A Guide to Leading Team Members with Optimal Individual Engagement
What if a simple matrix could serve as a guide to help leaders understand how to lead their team members more effectively? The Skill Will Matrix, developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard, enables leaders to identify which leadership lever to pull to get the most out of their teams.
Implementing Six Values to Succeed in Making Change Easier®
Leading people through change can feel overwhelming. The complexities, personalities, and pressures involved are a lot for leaders to manage. At Switch, we have an approach that makes change EASIER. In fact, we are so passionate about helping our clients manage change that we have made it our main business focus.