Change Fatigue: 7 Strategies To Overcome Employee Resistance
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Change can rejuvenate an organization. But the process of change often causes unease for employees and leaders. Mergers and acquisitions, restructures, new policies and business transformation all create opportunities – but invite employee resistance.
Disconnect causes discontent – 45% of employees prefer the status quo at work. (Source: Forbes)
Negative impacts on morale, productivity, and performance can be avoided with an effective change communication strategy.
By reassuring employees and minimizing roadblocks to success, managers achieve the highest levels of staff awareness and buy-in fast.
See below as to how SnapComms range of communication tools ensure change is communicated effectively.
Read our 8 tips on how to communicate change here.
The employee quiz tool provides unlimited opportunities to monitor, motivate and educate employees during times of change.
Gauge understanding
Survey employees on how well they understand the proposed change and how it affects their role, plus invite feedback on the change.
Boost confidence
Publish weekly bulletins via video or newsletter with progress updates on the change initiative to reassure staff.
Track attitudes
Identify trends or measure attitudes and perceptions through surveys and quizzes.
Reinforce wellbeing
Broadcast reminder messages via Screensavers, Tickers and Lock Screen with wellness tips to help counter stress during times of change.
The SnapComms platform includes features designed to reduce the stress and improve the effectiveness of your change communications.
Target your messages to meet the needs of the different employee groups within your organization (for example, if only specific departments are affected by the change). Set up a specific group for field-based staff to deliver mobile-optimized messages.
Set up change communications in advance to prepare for, and respond quickly to, staff feedback. During change, pre-schedule messages to ensure that employees hear about changes at the same time you advise the market or the media.
Repeat messages that have not been read, using recurrence and scheduling settings to deliver at specific dates and times for maximum visibility and impact.
Assign administrator rights to key personnel so they can create and publish updates featuring the latest accurate information.
Use real time reporting to identify readership rates and where necessary use message escalation or message acknowledgement capabilities to achieve 100% cut-through.
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With a looming deadline, this major healthcare organization required all staff to switch over to a new classification system for diseases. Adopting a 'full campaign' approach utilizing multiple channels ensured all staff were compliant on time.
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