4 Tips to Manage Change in Your Organization [Video]

Organizational change can spawn a lot of growth, progress, and overall, goodness, but it doesn't usually come without its initial pains. 

Big changes can lower productivity and efficiency and morale. It can shake your routine and even your culture.

Arguably all of these, however, come back to your people.

In 2017, a study from the American Psychological Association (APA) found that transformational changes (think restructuring or new leadership) can lead to employees feeling overly stressed, having less trust in their employers, and having a greater desire to find new jobs. 

And frankly, who can blame them? Change is scary, especially in something as foundational as your place of work. 

If you can’t feel confident in your performance or comfortable about the future outlook of your employer, it’s natural to seek out a new situation where those concerns will be soothed. However, for a business trying to make big changes, losing team members, no matter how understandable, is a huge wrench in their plans.

Now, it’s natural for there to be some turnover during major organizational shifts. Some people just may no longer be a fit for the culture, work environment, or vision for the future. 

Fortunately, your organization can lower the risk of losing good team members simply because the transition wasn’t managed well. 

Change management is about maneuvering the way the change is discussed, how it’s done, and how people feel about it.

Our Director of Content, Ramona Sukhraj 💌 , shares four tips to manage change in your organization:

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