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Change Management Myths

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We’ve taken a look at the common change management myths to help you calibrate your change efforts and avoid common mistakes made during the change process. Full article with thanks to: forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2020/02/14/want-to-manage-change-successfully-separate-these-5-myths-from-realities Change is constant and as a result, people, teams and organisations must build their skills in managing change and fostering flexibility. Given that today’s business context is in …

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Change Management Is Key to Guiding Your Business Towards A ‘New Normal’ In 2021

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Guiding your business doesn’t have to be a challenge. Change management is the key to business development and success. Learn the hows and whys: Full article with thanks to: forbes.com/sites/johnnywarstrom/2021/02/08/change-management-is-key-to-guiding-your-business-towards-a-new-normal-in-2021 Nearly all businesses around the world have undergone an organisational change in one way or another during the last year. As nations begin to heal, talks of the “new normal” …

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Change Management: Why It’s Good to Challenge

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Learn why it’s good to challenge your business and embrace change management before it’s too late. We take a look at the key attributes to navigating change. Full article with thanks to: thetransformationleadershub.com/why-for-success This article is the first in a series that discusses the key attributes to successfully navigating change and transformation from practical experience. The aim of the articles …

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5 Questions Boards Should Be Asking About Digital Transformation

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Board members should consider digital transformation as an essential part of their current business model. Learn why digital transformation is valuable. Full article with thanks to: hbr.org/2021/06/5-questions-boards-should-be-asking-about-digital-transformation The CEO of a large retail company recently brought a $500 million digital-transformation-investment plan to his board. The board reviewed the proposal, but after asking a number of questions, they were unable to …

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How Good Is Your Company At Change Management?

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Have you considered how good is your company at change management? If you’re unsure what exactly change management is – see the benefits of applying it. Full article with thanks to: hbr.org/2021/07/how-good-is-your-company-at-change It was a month like no other that Delta Air Lines had ever experienced: March 2020. Travel bans and rising coronavirus fears sent bookings into negative territory—more customers were cancelling …

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Change Management: How to Eat The Change Elephant

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Are you wondering how to implement change management? Learn how to overcome obstacles during change management with small changes over a period of time. Full article with thanks to: hbr.org/2021/05/break-down-change-management-into-small-steps Business transformation has traditionally been associated with large, drawn-out initiatives. After the Great Recession, they became smaller, faster, and more focused, yet change management was still executed in a mostly …

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The Evolution Of Digital Transformation

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Learn the evolution of digital transformation to get a better idea of how to use digital transformation in your organisation. Change management is the solution. Full article with thanks to: forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/08/12/the-evolution-of-digital-transformation The urgency of marketplace competition has long been the driver for making digital transformation a priority for enterprise organisations both large and small, in basically every industry. In recent …

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Four Ways to Create Educational Stability During Times of Change

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Are you wondering how to create educational stability in your organisation? Learn why a new strategic direction may be the answer for you. Full article with thanks to: forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2021/07/20/four-ways-to-create-stability-during-organizational-change Cheryl is CMO of Promethean, an education technology company focused on transforming the way the world learns and collaborates. I recently changed my organisational structure from a long-standing, traditional marketing team focused …

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Change Management: The Importance of The Three Phases

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We dive through the three phases of change management – action, movement and monument. Learn how these phases can drastically improve your organisation. Full article with thanks to: forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/07/28/the-three-phases-of-change-management Creating any type of big change in an organization takes thoughtfulness, commitment, accountability and patience — though not as much as you might think! It’s often assumed that change takes immense …

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Pandemic Accentuates Two Problems With Change Management: One Is Change, The Other Is Management

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Learn what problems have occurred with change management during the Covid-19 Pandemic and how your organisation can tackle them going forward. Full article with thanks to: forbes.com/sites/grantfreeland/2020/06/29/pandemic-accentuates-two-problems-with-change-management-one-is-change-the-other-is-management With the global pandemic forcing most institutions and individuals to change much of what they do, and how they do it, I’m reluctant to state the obvious: Things haven’t always gone well. But …

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Change Management: 10 Tips for Effective Change

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Want your organisation to implement effective change? Whether it’s for market advantage, silo mentality, cultural change or something else – take control now. Full article with thanks to: forbes.com/sites/janesparrow/2021/05/07/ten-tips-for-effective-change-management-that-puts-your-team-first More so than ever right now, teams are working in a fully remote or hybrid way. This means it’s more important than ever to have effective change management strategies in place, …

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How Breaking Down Silos in the Insurance Sector Creates Market Advantage

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Learn how changing an organisation’s culture and silo mentality can nurture market advantage and improve the overall cultural change in your organisation. Full article with thanks to: information-age.com/digital-transformation-in-the-insurance-sector-cultural-and-organisational-123494851 Changing an organisation’s culture takes more than simply communicating a directive. Some insurance providers have been around for almost 200 years — over which time their culture, and organisational structure have grown …

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Digital Transformation: Don’t Forget About The Customer!

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A bit part of digital transformation is considering the customer. It involves a technology toolkit that’s made up of data analytics, insurance software and APIs. Full article with thanks to: insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/technology/digital-transformation-must-happen-across-entire-insurance-ecosystem-226451.aspx The global COVID-19 pandemic has placed insurance technology under the spotlight. It has weeded out the digital front-runners from the digital dawdlers and has highlighted the importance of innovation …

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Why Must Insurance Claims Handling Go Digital?

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We take a look at why insurance claims handling should go digital. We recommend that someone in your organisation is driving the need for digitalisation. Full article with thanks to: hbr.org/sponsored/2021/06/video-quick-take-crawford-co-s-rohit-verma-on-why-digital-transformation-needs-to-happen-in-the-insurance-industry Julie Devoll, HBRWelcome to the HBR Video Quick Take. I’m Julie Devoll, editor for special projects and webinars at HBR. In this episode, we’re joined by Rohit Verma, CEO …

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Portfolio underwriting managers – who are they? – what do they crave for?

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Author: Roger Lewis, FUSE Consultancy                                                           Date: 13th July 2021 Introduction In insurance circles where things change slowly, when a new skill set arrives on the block, it is worthy of investigation.  So, who are ‘Portfolio Underwriting Managers’?  What do they do? Why is this new role becoming increasingly popular at insurance companies? And what is it they crave for?  …

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WHAT DOES HYBRID WORKING LOOK LIKE IN A POST LOCKDOWN WORLD?

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Full article with thanks to https://www.sullivanstanley.com/insights/what-does-hybrid-working-look-like-in-a-post-lockdown-world/ Different activities are suited to different working environments, so do you really need to make a decision on whether people work from the office, work from home or work from anywhere? Get these 3 strategic priorities right, and create the hybrid model that works best for your business.  It’s interesting. Right now it feels …

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY!

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Full article with thanks to https://www.sullivanstanley.com/insights/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ Community is at the heart of S&S. Without our community, we couldn’t have achieved so much over the last five years – from the incredible client wins, to our prestigious awards, extensive media coverage and the countless events we’ve hosted at our bar The Jolly Orange! And while the pandemic may have caused us to rethink what collaboration …

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10 Best Practices for RPA Change Management

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Full article with thanks to https://www.knowledgenile.com/blogs/best-practices-rpa-change-management/ Automation has had an impact on almost all industries today. It is involved in some format or the other everywhere. Robotic Process Automation, or RPA, helps automate the tedious tasks in business processes. With RPA, the software can learn, mimic and then execute the business processes without human interference. However, implementing an RPA in …

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Building the Business Case to Invest in Change Management and Adoption Services

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Full article with thanks to https://www.gpstrategies.com/podcast/episode-56-building-the-business-case-to-invest-in-change-management-and-adoption-services/ Innovation cycles of technology, while exciting, can also be anxiety-inducing when it comes to having to adopt new technology. Shifting employees from one mode of thinking to another without a plan can take a tremendous toll on morale and as a result, on ROI. But when there is a limited budget, how can stakeholders …

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Global Change Management Tips For Widespread Projects

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Full article with thanks to https://www.panorama-consulting.com/global-change-management/ Any time you introduce new technology or processes into your organization, it’s important to approach the changes with care. This is especially important when the change is set to happen on a global scale.  Global change management tools and strategies can help you prepare your workforce for what’s to come. Today, we’re sharing why …

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Change Management: Everything You Need to Know

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Full article with thanks to https://wellingtone.co.uk/change-management-everything-you-need-to-know/ What is change management? You put new software in, spent ages working on guidance “for dummies”, sent an update about the project every month, and put the teams through the training yet…no one is using it, people went back to old habits. Does this sound familiar? No, I’m not Karen from your organisation but …

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The Ten Commandments of Communication in Change Management

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Full article with thanks to https://thepeoplementor.co.uk/the-ten-commandments-of-communication-in-change-management/ A lack of effective communication is a common complaint in many organisations, but it can be a particularly serious issue when organisations are going through periods of change. In times of change, employees need to know what is happening and why, and they need transparency, openness, and honesty from leaders. So how can you …

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The Hard Side of Change Management

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Full article with thanks to https://hbr.org/2005/10/the-hard-side-of-change-management When French novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” he could have been penning an epigram about change management. For over three decades, academics, managers, and consultants, realizing that transforming organizations is difficult, have dissected the subject. They’ve sung the praises of leaders who communicate vision and walk the talk …

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An Agile Approach to Change Management

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Full article with thanks to https://hbr.org/2021/01/an-agile-approach-to-change-management The business world has arguably seen more disruption in the last nine months than in the last nine years, bringing new and urgent demand for change. Initiatives are being launched by the dozen, adoption can’t happen fast enough, and the stakes are higher than ever. In the midst of a Covid-induced recession, and with …

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The road to successful change is lined with trade-offs

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Full article with thanks to https://www.strategy-business.com/article/The-road-to-successful-change-is-lined-with-trade-offs?gko=99979 Rather than trying to convince people your change initiative is the right one, invite them to talk openly about what it might take to implement it: the good, the bad, and the frustrating. At one Fortune 500 insurance company, the IT team had noticed an uptick in quality issues, delays, and dissatisfaction among project …

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Successful Change Management: 6 Surprising Reasons People Resist Change And How To Motivate Them To Embrace It Instead

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Full article with thanks to https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2020/02/16/successful-change-management-6-surprising-reasons-people-resist-change-and-how-to-motivate-them-to-embrace-it-instead/ Everyone knows change is hard and the most difficult part of any change effort is obtaining buy-in. Relatively speaking, it is often the change itself—new software, new organization charts or new work methodologies—that is the easiest to manage. The more difficult part of change is building buy-in, channeling shifts in behavior and accelerating acceptance. …

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5 Questions That (Newly) Virtual Leaders Should Ask Themselves

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Full article with thanks to https://hbr.org/2020/05/5-questions-that-newly-virtual-leaders-should-ask-themselves t is safe to say, that for the first time in the age of technology, ad hoc face-to-face meetings are no longer an option for many people. While we don’t anticipate in-person meetings to go away forever, working during the Covid-19 crisis does provide us with the opportunity to reflect on how the best …