Change in the Workplace
In the current economic climate a company needs to move fast to keep up with and surpass their competitors.
- Your employees are the frontline of your business
- If your employees don't look good, then you don't look good
Employee satisfaction is often left in the store cupboard and this is even more true when times are hard for a business and the future is uncertain. A bungled restructuring or badly implemented changes in the workplace can turn a good idea into a disaster and as a business's ability to survive is determined by its ability to adapt to change, then the changes should be implemented as painlessly as possible to ensure that your business is not adversely affected during and after the process.
- Have you recently made changes?
- Are you planning changes that affect your employees?
You may have made redundancies or implemented changes to job descriptions. Your employees enthusiasm and motivation, already at an all time low due to the current economic climate is likely to plummet when changes are introduced and all employees are liable to feel insecure and demotivated, even if their position is not risk. Change in the workplace is an emotional and major event not just for the business owner but for its employees too.
Employee types
Human beings respond to change either positively or negatively. Whilst the reaction is unique to every individual, your employees will generally fall into one of four different types and some are probably a mix of two or more:
- eager for change
- embracing of change
- hesitant of change
- resistant to change
How can coaching help?
A coach is a neutral face for your employees; they are not management and they are not HR. Rain Coaching Organisation can work with you and your employees during the coaching process helping to implement your changes in a less stressful manner, thus ensuring the business and its employees stays productive and motivated.
Contact us on: +44 (0)7735 594 614
It is not the strongest or most intelligent that survive
but those most responsive to change