Organizational Transformations Under/Beyond the Radar: Using Paradoxical Approaches to Increase Change Management Adoption
Benedictine University, Kindlon Hall, Room 164 (Get Directions)
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An emerging trend in large companies is the deployments of small-scale, hybrid organizational transformations that avoid the typical barriers to organizational change such as bureaucracy, scale, and complexity. These innovative OD programs pick a small team/department to function somewhat independently of the larger system as a ‘proof of concept.’ These hybrid deployments then operate somewhat independently of the larger system – thereby working under/beyond the standard operating procedures of the larger organization. When providing OD assistance on these types of programs, an unorthodox approach is most effective.
Session Objectives:
- Contrast comprehensive vs. hybrid organizational transformations
- Outline a recommended approach to leading a hybrid organizational transformation
- Present pros and cons to using a hybrid approach to common project factors
- Discuss unique leadership and sponsorship requirements for successful implementations
Presenter: Perry Buffett
Perry Buffett has 14 years experience in organizational development, change management, and human performance, specializing in:
- Organizational Design - 12 years: Strong organization and process design expertise working across departments, lines of business, locations, and countries: organizational strategy, job design, competency development, process design, performance metrics, and career development.
- Organizational Change - 10 Years: Proven leader in complex change programs within Fortune 500 companies: change strategy & readiness, change sponsorship & communications, and change implementation & tracking.
- Workforce Enablement - 8 years: Best practice expert in creating high performance workforces: training, coaching, knowledge management, performance support, culture change, and leadership development.
- Chicago Workforce Performance Solutions Lead - Provides consultant support across all Chicago clients.