Project Implementation Takes Place at the Local Level The Importance of Change Agents and Cascading Sponsorship One of the primary reasons why implementation is difficult is that it is so geographically dispersed. If you are in a large and complex organization, it can seem pretty overwhelming. It’s hard enough to make your project implementation happen as planned in one location, but if you are looking at multiple locations, or what’s even more complex-- global locations with multiple cultures, implementation challenges can be enormous. This is true regardless of the type of organizational change: process re-engineering, culture change, business transformation, or a technology change. [FULL STORY]   The Power of Culture on Organizational Change Change the Change, or Change the Culture Your organization’s culture is arguably your greatest strategic asset. Your competition can potentially match your product or service. Competition can create a marketing strategy that’s equally powerful. But no competition will have your culture. Your corporate culture is the collective pattern of values, behaviors, and unwritten rules of your organization—it’s the collective frame of reference for your organization. And when it comes to implementation of major business changes, the consistency of that change within the corporate culture can predict the probability of implementation success. [FULL STORY]

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August 2009