Sustainable Change Requires Change Managers

Agility Factor Provides Certified Change Managers

October 13, 2010 - Calgary, AB - When an organization experiences delays in advancing a project or implementing a change, the overall cost goes way up. In addition, targeted business benefits are not realized, changes are not sustained and staff job satisfaction decreases. This reality, in a nutshell, is why organizations bring in Change Managers.

“Change management is a professional discipline which focuses on the impact change has on the people involved and the path required to realize the desired benefits of the change,” says Tanya Stevenson, Agility Factor Inc. (AFI) Service Delivery Lead. AFI consultants identify who will be affected by the change and then conduct a variety of assessments as input for developing special tactics and a strategy for making the transition as smooth as possible. Change management is AFI’s business.

AFI reports that organizations pay a high price when they fail to plan the use of change management because they do not understand what it is and the impact it can have on the change project. When this happens, by default, they are not putting their staff first and are setting themselves up for cost increases, potential benefits being chipped away and in some cases more money being spent on the change initiative than the benefit of the change is intended to provide because the change is not adoptable and sustainable.

“Our people understand change management concepts and know what it takes to apply a practical approach to completing their assignments. They work with the latest methodologies to bring individuals and teams through change. We know we are successful when the transition turns out to be a non-event,” says Cathy McIsaac, AFI Managing Partner. “Our consultants put people first. By doing so, they identify unrecognized benefits of the planned changes. Ultimately we help our clients reduce turnover and loss of valued employees while accelerating the adoption of change, and increasing staff performance and productivity.”

AFI is a consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta. Specializing in organizational change management, AFI consultants are Prosci ADKAR certified change management professionals. We help leaders make distinct, lasting and significant improvements to the performance of their organizations.

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Janice Andersson
Associate, Communications, Agility Factor Inc.
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403.270.3342