CMI White Paper, Change Agility - Feb 2012 - 1 Resultados Change Maturity
CMI White Paper, Change Agility - Feb 2012 - 1 Resultados Change Maturity
CMI White Paper, Change Agility - Feb 2012 - 1 Resultados Change Maturity
Management Maturity
Change Management Maturity is a key element to true
organisational agility; however maturity is being
developed in an ad-hoc manner, with few companies
reporting consistently high scores across Strategic
Change Leadership, Business Change Readiness, and
Project Change Management.
Executive Summary
Todays organisations are dealing with complexity and uncertainty on a scale that has never been
seen before, economic and social upheaval is changing the game faster than we can learn it.
Unfortunately, many companies are designed for business as usual, for a time when there is no
change; when we are running efficiently and at full speed. Change is often viewed as something to be
overcome, controlled and a disruption to this known world, rather than the new norm that needs to be
managed
This new norm means we have to develop agility to be able to constantly adapt and change to meet
economic, compliance and competitive challenges. A truly agile organisation is able to meet these
challenges through projects that are nimble and constantly assessed and adjusted by a
knowledgeable and informed leadership, and in a way that is routine and normal for employees.
The position of the Change Management Institute (CMI) is that organisational change management is
more than just the people side of projects. It should be viewed as the approach the whole
organisation uses to manage change well. The CMI, in partnership with Carbon Group Change
Consultants has researched the capabilities required by organisations to become truly change agile.
This work has enabled us to develop and test a holistic Organisational Change Maturity Model
(OCMM).
A Capability Maturity Model is used to describe the behaviours, practices and processes of an
organisation that enable reliable and sustainable outcomes. The OCMM has 5 levels of maturity
across three key organisational change categories (Strategic Change Leadership, Business Change
Readiness and Project Change Management) and is an ideal tool to assess current capability levels
and develop approaches to develop further maturity.
Our 2011 global survey used this model to allow Change Management Practitioners to assess their
organisations capabilities and maturity, this White Paper details the results.
Key takeouts from the survey are:
Organisations often build different mismatched levels of maturity for each of the organizational
change categories.
No organisation reported an overall maturity level greater than three.
A small number (5%) of respondents reported strong individual capabilities at the top maturity
level (5 Optimised) but surprisingly only 14% of respondents report strong individual capabilities
at the lowest maturity levels.
Smaller organisations rated more highly in overall maturity than larger organisations
Strategic Change Leadership capabilities are generally more mature than the Business and
Project Change categories
Project Change Management capability is the easiest to build & increases in line with the
organisations strength in Project Management
It is clear that there are a many difficulties and obstacles to achieving Change Agility for an
organisation, particularly for larger and more complex companies. However, complimentary data
analyis carried out by Change Track Research is able to show that high performing organisations do
not experience the dips in productivity currently considered normal for change initiatives.
Leaders can develop substantial competitive advantage by building up the resilience of their
organisations to manage constant change.
Background
The Change Management Institute in partnership with Carbon Group, Change Consultants has been
researching the capabilities required by organisations to become truly change agile. Over the past
two years, this research has enabled us to develop and test a maturity model for holistic
organisational change. A global survey, conducted in late 2011, provided the opportunity to broaden
that testing and the results are the subject of this paper.
The survey was used to assess:
An organisations current capability
The relative importance of the capability for the organisation
The relative difficulty for the organisation to achieve the capability
The survey was advertised via a number of relevant online discussion boards and to the Change
Management Institute community. The survey was open for a period of 6 weeks from 7th November
to 15th December 2011.
259 people responded to the survey; primarily Change Management professionals from America,
Australia and Europe. They had from one to over ten years experience and came from a wide range
of organisations from under 1000 to over 30,000 employees. See Appendix A for details and further
analysis of the respondents.
Introduction
The position of the Change Management Institute is that organisational change management is more
than just the people side of projects. It should be viewed as the approach the whole organisation
uses to manage change well. Dean and Linda Anderson in their book Beyond Change Management
articulate this well, believing that we often manage the transition of projects rather than the evolution
of the organisation.
Organisational Change
Maturity is much broader
than the sum of its project
change parts.
In partnership, the Change Management Institute and Carbon Group Change Consultants have
researched the organisational capabilities that create agility and adaptability. This research has
resulted in a maturity model for holistic organisational change, first published in the book, The Agile
Change Methodology.
Strategic
Change Leadership
Organisational Maturity Results: Where the results have been averaged for each
organisation, to provide a view of the overall and category specific maturity scores.
Capability Maturity Results: Where the results are averaged across the capability, to
provide a view of the most mature capabilities across all organisations.
Note: An individual statement, such as Change Leadership is assessed as a key executive capability
(Maturity level 5) may be rated strongly for the organisation; however many other statements at the lower levels
can be rated weaker, which brings down the overall score for organisational maturity.
60%
50%
40%
Project
30%
Business
20%
leadership
10%
Overall
0%
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Smaller organisations
generally reported
higher overall maturity
than larger
organisations
30%
20%
15%
0%
However,
even
for
those
organisations that have a strong
Project Management capability,
the
maturity
of
change
management within this group is
still low.
1,000 to
5,000
25%
Project Change
management capability
increases in line with
the organisations
strength in Project
Management
less than
1,000
35%
5,000 to
10,000
10,000 to
30,000
10%
5%
greater
than
30,000
Maturity Level
120%
100%
80%
Not at all
60%
Ad-hoc
PM
40%
Strong
PM/GOV
20%
0%
Maturity 1 Maturity 2 Maturity 3
Overall
Each of the capabilities was rated on how strongly it was being exhibited
(1 to 5). As expected, the
the numbers of respondents reporting strong
capability decreases at the higher maturity levels.
A small number (5%) of respondents
respo
reported a top score of 5 at the
highest level of maturity (Optimised),, but surprisingly only 14% of
respondents report a top score at the lowest maturity levels.
levels
.
Maturity Level 1
59% of respondents have
developed a strong capability
(score of 3 plus)
35% of respondents have
developed a very strong
capability (score of 4 plus)
22%
0%
19%
20%
24%
40%
21%
60%
14%
80%
100%
120%
Maturity Level 2
48% of respondents have
developed a strong capability
(score of 3 plus)
25% of respondents have
developed a very strong
capability (score of 4 plus)
31%
0%
20%
21%
40%
24%
60%
16%
9%
80%
100%
120%
Maturity Level 3
46% of respondents have
developed a strong capability
(score of 3 plus)
24% of respondents have
developed a very strong
capability (score of 4 plus)
32%
0%
20%
22%
22%
40%
60%
16%
80%
8%
100%
120%
Maturity Level 4
36% of respondents have
developed a strong capability
(score of 3 plus)
15% of respondents have
developed a very strong
capability (score of 4 plus)
10
39%
0%
20%
25%
40%
21%
60%
80%
11% 4%
100%
120%
Maturity Level 5
30% of respondents have
developed a strong capability
(score of 3 plus)
13% of respondents have
developed a very strong
capability (score of 4 plus)
48%
0%
20%
40%
23%
17%
60%
80%
8% 5%
100%
120%
Project Change
Management
anagement capability
is the easiest to build
for the organisation
Strategic Change
Leadership capabilities
are consistently rated
higher than the
Business and Project
Change categories
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Strategic Change
Leadership capabilities
are scored very highly
at the level 2 and 3
maturity levels
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Change is generally understood, but often viewed with cynicism due to previous
false starts
Maturity Level 3
Maturity Level 4
Maturity Level 2
Maturity Level 3
Maturity Level 2
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were
given
Maturity Level 5
Comprehensive change feedback is available for executive and board - open and
honest (not massaged by middle management)
Change feedback assessed early & often to determine viability & direction
Organisational change Impacts and progress are reported to the Board (quarterly)
Maturity Level 3
Managers understand Change theory and the application within their business
Managers have the skills to lead teams during change (even when personally
impacted)
Managers are able to track impacts to their areas from multiple projects to guide
pace and timing
Monthly 'litmus test' surveys for the business to test change progress across
projects and adjust approach
Maturity Level 4
Maturity Level 5
Project Managers have the skills to integrate OCM deliverables into project plans
Maturity Level 4
Maturity Level 5
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7% 15%
Americas
32%
Australia
47%
Europe
Other
Change Role
85% of respondents identified
themselves as Change Management
professionals.
The majority (52%) were consultants
or contractors providing Change
Management Services, with 33%
being internal change managers.
15
7%
1%
0%
7%
52%
33%
Internal Change
Manager/Analyst
Consultant/
Contractor
Manager leading
change
Other role
(e.g. HR, Strategy)
Program/Project
Manager
Academic
4%
Experience
The majority (37%) of respondents
had over 10 years experience in
Change Management
16%
1 to 3 years
37%
21%
3 to 5 years
5 to 10 years
22%
over 10 years
N/A
12%
14%
29%
< 1,000
1,000 to 5,000
19%
26%
5,000 to 10,000
10,000 to 30,000
> 30,000
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Maturity Level 3
Maturity Level 4
Maturity Level 5
No Questions
Change is generally understood, but often viewed with cynicism due to previous
false starts
Feedback to senior leadership is available but limited to informal networks
Executives are able to monitor Change Initiatives using specific Change KPI's
Change initiatives are directly and easily linked to organisational strategy
Change widely viewed as a 'point in time' activity
Some prioritisation of projects but only when overload reached
Change reported only as a project deliverable
Organisational Change Management is formally recognised in the organisational
structure
Executives are effective at actively owning (sponsoring) Change Initiatives
Change Initiatives and progress are frequently communicated at leadership
forums/channels
Change widely recognised as a 'Normal', successful ongoing process
A formal change feedback process in place for Board and Executive
Clear process for ongoing prioritisation of change impacts across the organisation
Monthly assessment of Change Key Performance Indicators across the organisation
Organisational Change Management is a recognised job family (job description,
career progression)
Change Leadership is assessed as a key executive capability
Change Initiatives are made personal ('Walk the talk') by all leadership
Comprehensive change feedback is available for executive and board - open and
honest (not massaged by middle management)
Change feedback assessed early & often to determine viability & direction
Organisational change Impacts and progress are reported to the Board (quarterly)
Maturity Level 2
Maturity Level 3
Maturity Level 4
Maturity Level 5
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Maturity Level 2
Maturity Level 3
Maturity Level 4
Maturity Level 5
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References
Carbon Group Pty Ltd, www.carbon-group.com
Change Track Research, www.changetracking.com
Dean Anderson & Linda Ackerman Anderson (2010). Beyond Change Management: How to achieve
breakthrough results through conscious change leadership. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
Anat Hassner Nahmias & Caroline Perkins (2011), The Agile Change Methodology: A researched
organizational change maturity model helping organizations become agile, a proven change
management method, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
McKinsey&Co. (2010 Number 1). McKinsey Quarterly. Strategy and Leadership in turbulent times.
The Author
Caroline Perkins is the managing director of Carbon Group, a specialist change consultancy since 2000. She
has over 20 years experience of successful strategic change, consulting to Australian and international
companies, working with senior levels of organisations to develop and advise on complex change initiatives.
Carolines experience has enabled her to develop a unique working view of organisational change and its
associated levers of culture, structure, process, knowledge management, technology and employee capability,
which was key to the development of the OCCM.
She has an MBA and a Graduate Certificate in Change Management from the Australian Graduate School of
Management and is an Accredited Change Manager.
Caroline is also the founding member, President and Spokesperson of the Change Management Institute.
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Thank you
CMI and Carbon Group would like to thank everyone who took part in the
survey. Their feedback was that the survey was valuable and helped
them to think about the way change was implemented within their
organisation in a holistic manner. They also reported that the structure
and questions were a little difficult and time consuming to answer; we
shall adjust for later studies.
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