Category: Change Management
Overcoming resistance to change
They say people don’t like change. If you think about it that’s not entirely true – as individuals we move house, change jobs, even change our hairstyles. But when it comes to organisational change and business transformation, overcoming resistance to change can feel like the hardest part of the journey for everyone involved. In this…
Read MoreUsing simulation to predict and prioritise change benefits
The way that we all live and work changed incredibly during 2020. Many industries were turned upside down and as we emerge from the pandemic, how customers and employees are prepared to engage with you is different. For many businesses, the longer-term financial position, and headcount planning, has become much harder to predict. So that…
Read MoreDeveloping Good Change Ideas from As-Is and To-Be Analysis
If you’re looking to change your current operating model or processes, it can be easy to consider the As-Is process – documenting what you have today – as a waste of time. In this next Expert Series article, we look at how going through your current processes before you dispose of them is the fastest…
Read MoreEngagement and communication to manage change
Communication and stakeholder engagement represent just one pillar of a robust change management programme, but without handling them effectively, change success is almost impossible to achieve. But what makes them effective? There are a number of key elements, and in this expert series, we focus on one that is often missed or ignored – why…
Read MoreB&Q – Central Business Effectiveness (CBE) Programme
Background B&Q were at critical mass with the number of initiatives within their Central Business Effectiveness (CBE) Programme. Their tactical approach to business change and improvement, combined with the number of ‘stand-alone’ projects that were struggling for sponsorship, management ‘bandwidth’, competent team members and discrete budgetary allocation meant they were becoming overloaded. i-Realise were engaged…
Read MoreEmbedding change: give your staff a good change experience
Organisations, and the people within them, make change for a host of very good reasons – a better customer experience, increased revenue, more rewarding roles or improved profitability. They often invest a lot of money and then focus solely on making it happen; leaving how to make the change stick until far too late. In…
Read MoreOn demand webinar: Successful Change with RPA
How can Robotic Process Automation form an integral part of your change process – boosting productivity, saving money and completing tasks quickly and accurately. Join Andrew Woessner, CEO at R-Path Automation, and Simon Puryer, Managing Director at i-Realise, to learn about the basics of RPA, how RPA fits into a wider change methodology, and how…
Read MoreWhite paper: Launching the Payroll KPIs
In April 2021, i-Realise delivered a webinar and white paper that presented our suggestions for a payroll and reward Key Performance Indicator model. PROCESS looked at the function’s elements and suggested performance measurements. However, we wanted this to be modified with wider industry engagement so we formed a KPI Working Group, ensuring that our model…
Read MoreThe challenges of compliance-led change
New or updated legislation drives a lot of business change. It’s easy to see legislative change as a necessary evil – the cost to comply in time to avoid penalties. And yet, sometimes new legislation can open up opportunities for new products and services or to improve the customer, stakeholder and employee experience. In this…
Read MoreArgos – Implementing a new payroll system
Implementing a new payroll system is a major upheaval for any organisation. When this is managed in-house, conflicting priorities for different parts of the business can mean that new projects fail to gain the momentum that they need to succeed. Background Argos recognised the need to replace its payroll system as it was about to…
Read MoreOn demand webinar: Launching the Payroll KPIs
In April 2021, i-Realise delivered a webinar and white paper that presented our suggestions for a payroll and reward Key Performance Indicator model. PROCESS looked at the function’s elements and suggested performance measurements. However, we wanted this to be modified with wider industry engagement so we formed a KPI Working Group, ensuring that our model…
Read MoreCarpetright – Warehouse operations review to enable strategic growth, productivity and improved efficiencies
Carpetright engaged i-Realise to review the state of their current warehouse operations. Background The objective of this initial piece of work was to remove the risk posed by tacit knowledge and to form the basis for future continuous improvement work by mapping As Is processes end to end. Following on from this, Carpetright asked i-Realise…
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