1. ASSESS their prevailing organisational climate & culture.
2. COMPARE the prevailing climate & culture to the desired climate & culture.
3. CREATE a change plan to move the prevailing & desired climates & cultures closer together, to raise organisational performance.
4. EXECUTE the plan, by providing hands-on support to our clients during the implementation of the change programme.
5. SUSTAIN the change, with on going support, advice and training to create an internal momentum.
6. ACCELERATE the benefits of the change programme by institutionalising the changes into the strategy of the organisation.
Why we offer this -
In the 21st century, the majority of organisations now realise that perpetual organisational change has to be a way of life, to remain competitive in the face of regional, national and global competition.
Organisations identify the change initiatives that they need to make, to move their business forward, and implement these, only to find that in many instances they fail to realise the full benefits of that particular change, despite these being clearly visible in other organisations.
This leaves a situation where either a compromised change is accepted, or more time and money is 'thrown' at the change programme to get it to work, or it is abandoned - "Great idea, but won't work here."
Have you encountered this situation? If so, read on.
There are two strands to any change programme:
- Firstly, there is the 'hard' side, which covers such things as the project management, and providing employees with the practical, physical skills required to be able to work in the new ways.
- Secondly, there is the 'soft' side. This deals with the psychological elements of change, such as uncertainty, distrust and required interpersonal behaviours.
It is this second strand that often receives less attention, or that is overlooked during a change programme.This is the area in which Ambiance consulting specialise
Why use Ambiance Consulting?
- We are 'hands-on' practitioners of change. We've been there, done it, and we have the battle scars to prove it! We've learned over the course of our working lives by doing, making mistakes, but more importantly, learning from these mistakes.
- We aim to apply science to change. Most of the Ambiance team, having encountered frustrations with change programmes during our working lives, turned to science for answers. Through a combination of practical experience and academic study, we believe that we apply the best of both worlds, to produce better, and more robust organisational change programmes.
The types of change programmes that we get involved in:
- Continuous Improvement (C.I.) implementation, such as LEAN, World Class Manufacturing (WCM), and World Class Business (WCB).
- Creating a High Performance Working (HPW) organisation.
- Raising the customer service ethos of an organisation.
- Creating a Market-led Culture.
- Creating a customer focussed business.
- Creating a Culture of Innovation.
- Harmonising organisational Culture following acquisitions or mergers.
- Cross-border, and cross-culture organisational improvements.
If you would like to know more, please contact us.