Change is going ‘Postal’
September 9th, 2014Change is often and regular and it can come as expected or it can totally take us off guard. But when it comes time to adopt the change the question becomes, “why are we doing this?”
This poses fundamental implications because addressing the question assists people in preparing themselves for change by giving them the information they need to be cognisant of what is happening around them and also the assurance that everything in the ‘new world’ will be ok.
Recently Australia Post has had to shake up its operations to remain a viable government corporate entity. Australia Post has made recommendation to split the business into mail and parcel delivery operations, and segment the mail delivery into three different products based on speediness of delivery. Whilst the parcel delivery operation is making solid profits the mail operation is not, even with advancements in technology.
So what drives the need for fundamental change to a business, and what do we communicate to our key stakeholders as to “why are we doing this?” In many circumstances making a loss is symptomatic of an underlying problem, and in this case it was lack of service uptake. Much of the need for send mail has now been replaced by email or other various online mechanisms. This switch has marked the decline of mail operations. Right there, is the “why are we doing this?” Not the fact that a loss has been made but the reason behind the loss. The next part of addressing the “why” is creating that vision statement about the future (the “how”). A vision statement a vital source of focus through a process of change and it enables buy-in from various stakeholders.
Our experience in driving change management programmes has taught us that addressing concerns like “why are we doing this?” is most effective with a two-pronged strategy. Don’t just address the “why” but also speak to the “how” and this will stop your stakeholders from “going postal”.
CONGRATULATIONS MINH ON COMPLETING THE CHEVRON CITY TO SURF HALF MARATHON
September 8th, 2014
Our congratulations go out to Minh Hoang (one of our Directors) on successfully completing the 21km Chevron City to Surf for ACTIV fun run. Minh made it safely across the line in 2 hours, 23 mins. It is a solid effort especially when towards the end of the course and he had to tackle those hills around Perry Lakes.
Minh has already got his sights set on another half marathon later this year.
Congratulations Minh, an awesome effort!!
Congratulations Warren on completing the 2014 Rottnest Channel Swim
February 26th, 2014
Our congratulations go out to Warren Salamone (one of our Directors) on successfully completing the 19.7km HBF Rottnest Channel Swim. Warren, backed by an awesome support crew, made it safely across to Rottnest in 6 hours, 15 mins. With Perth’s fantastic weather helping Warren’s cause, everything came together on the day just nicely, stingers aside! Congratulations Warren, an awesome effort!!
Warren would like to thank everyone who supported him with words of encouragement and/or by donating to the Classroom of Hope. Warren is extremely proud to advise that more than $2,000 was raised. This is a fantastic result and one which Warren says “is much more important than that of completing the crossing given it will make a significant difference to the lives of underprivileged children in Cambodia”.
Once again, congratulations Warren!
For those who have not donated and would like to support Classroom of Hope, the donations page will remain open until 15 March (see: http://funds4coh.gofundraise.com.au/page/SalamoneW).
Orgment Consulting Team joins the Change Management Institute
February 12th, 2014Orgment Consulting is proud to announce that it is now affiliated with the Australian chapter of the Change Management Institute.
Orgment Consulting looks forward to contributing to and participating with the Change Management Institute in the promotion of excellence in the delivery of change management, the development of change management practice along with promoting the value of change management amongst our clients.
Orgment hosts Local Government Reform seminar
November 13th, 2013
On Friday 29th November Orgment Consulting will be hosting a seminar for key representatives from the all the metropolitan local governments affected by the proposed Local Government Reform.
The proposed reduction in the number of local governments poses many challenges not only in the movement of boundaries but also the various mergers and divisions of local government entities, the business processes, work practices and systems, the supporting technology platforms and all the people impacted by these changes. In this instance the “people” element encompasses changes to not only staff but also to ratepayers and the many community groups.
Orgment Consulting will be sharing its approach and experience in managing community engagement and business change in the amalgamation and mergers of large government and commercial enterprise organisations. We will be discussing what change management actually is, the key principles required to successfully manage change and how to identify and successfully combat the potential risks and issues that often arise when major changes occur.
It is our aim to provide local government the support and information required to assist them to successfully lead their teams and communities through the period of transition and change that they have ahead of them.
If you are interested in attending please send an email to events@orgment.com.au with your name, contact details and the local government entity you represent and we will be in touch.
ORGMENT CONSULTING LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE PRESENCE
November 3rd, 2013Orgment Consulting is very excited to announce the launch of our new online presence.
“Managing a changing world” is Orgment Consulting’s vision and underlying philosophy. To do this we need to be closer to our clients and the broader business community.
Recognising this need and taking into consideration our values of integrity, professionalism, precision, creativity and agility, has driven us to redesigning our online presence to improve your experience when interacting with us. This will also enable us to reach out and share more of what we have to offer with you.
We believe that our interactions with you, our clients and colleagues, will constantly change so we want to provide you with a new online presence which not only enables us to demonstrate WHO we are but also WHAT we do, HOW we do it and WHAT we are planning for the future.
As we have grown, so too has our desire to ensure that all we do has a lasting and positive impact for both our clients and the wider community in which we live and work. This has prompted us to add more features to our website and encouraged us to share more of our knowledge with you.
Orgment’s website now has the capability for users to subscribe to our news blog where we will be posting articles and other interesting information on a regular basis. This includes the work we do, topics for discussion as well as insights to how we are living our values and giving back to the community.
As part of our knowledge sharing initiative, we are developing our own change management toolkit and will look to publish white papers in the future, drawing on our extensive change management experience in delivering sustainable value adding business solutions.
We hope you like our new online presence and look forward to any feedback you may wish to provide. Feel free to share our website with friends and colleagues and visit our LinkedIn page.
We look forward to hearing from you soon and interacting on a regular basis into the future.
