Change is a characteristic of innovation. To develop new products, systems, and services, a business must think and act differently from what their competition is doing. As such, a business must push the boundaries of imagination and adapt to the new ways of thinking and doing things. To be innovative, a business organization must be willing to embrace change. In fact, if a business aims to disrupt their industry, they must seek change and the innovation. Failure to seeking change is, in essence seeking failure.
However, business organizations tend to have a laid out and well-entrenched culture that helps to define the organization. This culture and the business’ policy and work ethic help the organization function and forge ahead on a daily basis. Importantly, it is familiar and thus many people in the organization have an inherent liking to it. As such, many business organizations tend to refrain from substantial changes in their culture, policies and thinking.
Change management speakers are usually a keynote speaker who guides business organizations how to manage change and indeed take advantage of the change to spur growth and development of the company. Typically, the change management speaker is someone who has experienced and taken an organization through the significant change in the past, and, therefore, he or she is qualified to speak on matters of change.
By seeking guidance from an individual or a group of individuals who are vastly knowledgeable on matters of change, a business organization as a whole and in particular its management team is able to reconcile the need for change that is a necessary ingredient for innovation and the inherent resistance to change that is characteristic of human behavior and come up with an equilibrium that works. Therefore, the organization develops means of embracing change and even culture of seeking change with the intention of pushing forward innovation.
Having a change management speaker is an important investment for businesses owing to the following:
- The management staff is taught on how to embrace change. The management needs to have an intricate understanding of how change works (including understanding the various stages of change). This will make the process of change a lot better smoother, and, therefore, better suited for businesses.
- The business will also acquaint themselves with the best techniques of change. Implementing change should never be done on a whim or without a plan. Otherwise, a lot of profitable opportunities will be lots while on the cost front, change will be more expensive.
- Drawing from their experience and expertise, they can provide an effective guide for employees to take when faced with policy changes, culture changes, and work ethics changes. While the change management of the business will have to guide the organization through the change, much of the changes will have to be implemented by the employees. It is therefore paramount that the team members of various departments are well-guided on matters of change as well.
Depending on the business, other benefits that organization can accrue from a change management keynote speaker include:
- Attaining the knowledge of how to retain your talent pool during the change period,
- How to implement change in a timely manner,
- How to become change resilient,
- How to avoid making mistakes during the change period, and much more.
In a nutshell, a change management speaker will guide you in making sure that change is bearable and beneficial to your business.
