Building Change Capacity - Beyond "Change Management"

Beyond “Solutions” -- Most change management consultants will arrive at an organization, conduct interviews, return to their offices to do their own analysis, design a new organizational chart, and return to the organization with a “solution.” At Sea-Change Partners, we believe that static solutions are an insufficient answer to the fluid and ongoing changes experienced by most organizations. Rather than giving an organization short-term answers, we are committed to working with our clients to help them develop the skills and capacity to become effective at managing the changes they face over time.

Change is a process, and there is a set of skills associated with each part of that process. In order for an organization to manage changes – and to manage effectively through changes – people within the organization must be skilled in the following areas:

Organizational scanning and diagnosis – to understand what should be changed and why,
 

Visioning, brainstorming, and scenario planning – to design the changes to be made,
 

Negotiation, consensus-building, and communication – to solicit necessary input and to generate necessary organizational support,
 

Effective communication and project management – to implement changes, and
 

Evaluation and feedback – to manage and review changes

Sea-Change Partners professionals help organizations to develop “change capacity” by enhancing these skill sets within our client organizations, and working with our clients – as partners – in applying these skills to the challenges they face.