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Types of Change Management

Ongoing quest to find out what people mean by Change Management has unearthed this gem from Isabella Sumagaysay at Rethink Recruitment. As an aside I’ve never worked for or with them, but i got onto their update email for change managers, and she sends out useful things a few times a month.

This table is the coolest thing

Organisational Change ManagementProcess Change ManagementCultural Change ManagementTechnology Change ManagementRegulatory Change Management
Leadership alignmentLean Six SigmaLeadership Development programsData governanceAudit and compliance monitoring
Communication strategyStandard operating procedures (SOPs)Employee Wellness InitiativesUser acceptance testing (UAT)Regulatory Reporting
Corporate restructuringChange control processesRecognition and Rewards programsSoftware configuration managementEthics and compliance training
Mergers and AcquisitionsBusiness continuity planningTeam building activitiesLegacy system decommissioningRisk mitigation strategies
 Business Process Reengineering (BPR)Values and beliefs alignmentSystem implementationCompliance updates
 Workflow optimisationDiversity and Inclusion initiativesSoftware upgradesPolicy and procedure changes
 Digital adoptionEmployee engagement programsIT infrastructure changesLegal and regulatory requirements
 Quality Management / Continuous ImprovementChange Leadership developmentData migrationRisk Management

Or in dot point form:

Types of Change Management

Organisational Change Management

  • Leadership alignment
  • Communication strategy
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Process Change Management

  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Change control processes
  • Business continuity planning
  • Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
  • Workflow optimisation
  • Digital adoption
  • Quality Management / Continuous Improvement

Cultural Change Management

  • Leadership Development programs
  • Employee Wellness Initiatives
  • Recognition and Rewards programs
  • Team building activities
  • Values and beliefs alignment
  • Diversity and Inclusion initiatives
  • Employee engagement programs
  • Change Leadership development

Technology Change Management

  • Data governance
  • User acceptance testing (UAT)
  • Software configuration management
  • Legacy system decommissioning
  • System implementation
  • Software upgrades
  • IT infrastructure changes
  • Data migration

Regulatory Change Management

  • Audit and compliance monitoring
  • Regulatory Reporting
  • Ethics and compliance training
  • Risk mitigation strategies
  • Compliance updates
  • Policy and procedure changes
  • Legal and regulatory requirements
  • Risk Management

Here’s where I sit in all of that. It’s almost easier to say what I don’t do than what I do actually do, but here goes.

Cindy Tonkin’s skills in Organisational Change Management

  • Leadership alignment
  • Communication strategy
  • Corporate restructuring

Cindy Tonkin’s skills in Process Change Management

  • Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
  • Workflow optimisation
  • Digital adoption
  • Quality Management / Continuous Improvement

Cindy Tonkin’s skills in Cultural Change Management

  • Leadership Development programs
  • Team building activities
  • Values and beliefs alignment
  • Employee engagement programs
  • Change Leadership development

Cindy Tonkin’s skills in Technology Change Management

  • User acceptance testing
  • System implementation
  • Software upgrades
  • IT infrastructure changes
  • Data migration

Cindy Tonkin’s skills in Regulatory Change Management

  • Policy and procedure changes
  • Legal and regulatory requirements

In a graphic it looks like this:

So my specialty is getting people to adapt to and adopt new behaviours, be that around software or process or leadership.

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