Tips for identifying Change Agents...

After we spoke about change resister, it is fair enough to discover Change Agent ...

1. Find out who people listen to. Change agents lead with the power of their ideas. But be warned : these may not be employees with formal authority to lead.
2. Be alert to people who think 'otherwise'. Change Agent are not satisfayed with things 'as they are'.
3. Take a close look at new employees who have come from outside the circle of traditional competitors. They may not be infected with the same mindset as everyone else.
4. Look for people with unsual training or experience. Chance are she sees the world through a different lens.

Who are the Change resisters... and how to identify them ?

The Change resisters will either drag their feet or actively attempt to undermine your effort...

You can identify potentiel resisters by undermining where and how change will create pain or loss in the organisation. Once you have identify them, there are several things you can do to neutralize their resistance or make them active participants. These includes : explaining the urgent need to change, describing how change will produce benefits for them, and finding new ways in which they can contribute. People who do not respond to these efforts should should be moved out of your unit...

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Change readiness : Self Diagnosis

Do a little assesment of your own organization.

Consider how it has approach change in the past and how it is approaching any current activities.

Then score it using the brief diagnostic test, using a 1-5 scale ( 1= strongly disagree, 5 strongly agree).

Our organization...                                                                                                                         

1. Mobilise Energy and Commitment to change through joint diagnosis of business problems
2. Develop a shared vision of how to organise and manage for competitiveness
3. Identifies leadership
4. Focuses on results, not on activities
5. Spread changes to other units without pushing it from the top
6. Institutionalizes success through formal policies, systems, and structures
7. Monitor and adjust startegies in response to problems in the change process

How does your organisation fare on these parameters? A score of 3 or less in any category points to serious weakness that you'll want to identify and correct.

Source: Surviving change, Harvard Business press - Photo Dasha_K, Flickr