Change and Operations Management

An ongoing business is never at a standstill and faces numerous and continuous changes in the business climate (personal, operations, strategy, etc.).

The companies that distinguish themselves are those companies that welcome change, manage it well and like to thrive in it. They expect to be effective in growing their business by mining the opportunities that change brings.

Knowing how to manage change requires that you and your team accept change and have the skills to bring a successful outcome.

If you answer “no” to one or more of the questions below, let's talk about your change/operations management challenge and how an engagement with us could help.

Key Questions

·         Would your company receive high marks for how it has managed forced and unforced change in the last year?

·        Do you believe your key leaders know how to adeptly lead your team to the promised land, despite all the resistance you face from people who are critical to your business success?

·         Have you prepared your business for the ultimate change—when you have to go through major growth or downsizing, so that business results are not more significantly impacted?

·         Are you confident that you know what parts of your operations are critical to your success?

·         Are critical parts of your operation properly resourced and properly managed? Are you running a cost-effective operation?

·         Do you know how to optimize your current use of resources without degrading the quality of your brand?

·         Do you and your management have clarity on process, roles, decision-making, alignment and authority?

·        Are you experiencing improved workflow and better accountability with associated reductions in errors without slipping quality?

Engagement Goal

·         To improve the company’s operational effectiveness and productivity and do more with less

·         To achieve the goals of the company’s change initiatives

·        Use clear focus, effective communication, clear ownership, empowerment and accountability to align key stakeholders to work actively to achieve the mission and purpose of the change or business operation

·         Maintain gained improvements and continuously improve

How SigmaWorks Will Help You

We use our proprietary assessment and solutions development methods (the Prune-X™ framework) to:

·         Assess current operational and change management needs and challenges

·         Develop and implement solutions that will manage the operation and change effectively

·         Measure and track the effectiveness of the operation and change

·         Take corrective actions and continuously improve operational effectiveness and productivity

Benefits

The operational goals are achieved on an ongoing basis. In addition, any change initiative will gain required buy-ins and achieve desired results. The operation and any required change initiative have:

·        Assess current operational and change management needs and challenges

·         Develop and implement solutions that will manage the operation and change effectively

·         Measure and track the effectiveness of the operation and change

·         Take corrective actions and continuously improve operational effectiveness and productivity