Merit Organizational Change Management (OCM)

Engage-to-Change®

Why do projects fail? Gartner and other business research groups frequently talk to the high rate of project failure or underperformance. Why does this still occur with such frequency? Invariably, the reason is related to challenges leading and managing PEOPLE through increasingly complex and layered change. Companies tend to under-emphasize the challenge required to get employees to behave and perform differently.

Typically, mobilizing for a large-scale change takes place within the scope of a project or multiple projects — when change readiness is driven entirely through projects, it is usually too late. If your employees are not ready for change in advance — if they do not have the skills to deal with and adapt to change — projects will tend to struggle and underperform.

Merit's approach to leading and managing organizational change is founded on the principle that people don't resist change as much as they resist being changed. In fact, in our experience, when people are thoroughly engaged in organizational changes that impact them, they are far more likely to be innovative, energized and productive — indeed, they will willingly help craft and drive the change. Engage-to-Change® is a leadership philosophy, supported by a set of methods and tools that help make an organization more adaptable to change by engaging employees in specific ways. This approach not only improves employee engagement and satisfaction but also creates a more responsive and adaptable organization. Ultimately, this has the potential to shape organizational culture in a manner that contributes to financial performance.

Merit's approach to Organization Change stresses both a project focus, as well as helping organizations develop the organizational capabilities to be more adaptable to change — any change at any time — not only when the next project is rolled out.

Meet Kevin Weitz, Merit's Organizational Change Practice Director, and take a look at the OCM Services he and his team deliver for Merit's clients. Whether the need is for consultation to be more "change ready", a change impact analysis in advance of an upcoming project, or developing a change strategy to support a large-scale IT implementation, his team of highly experienced professionals are ready to help. And, we will even help you staff your own change experts when we leave, so that you become self sufficient.

If you have any questions about how your project success rate could be improved, or how your organization could become more change ready, contact us at meritocm@merithr.com or call 925-867-4400 / 408-501-8863. We look forward to hearing from you.