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The People Factor - Why Improvement Initiatives Fail

The People Factor - Why Improvement Initiatives Fail

Presenter: Barbara Scott, Vice President, Research & Consulting, Compliance Standards, LLC, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Keywords: Organizational Change Management, Process Improvement, Change Adoption

Industry: Electronics, Service, Software

Level: Intermediate

ABSTRACT

The People Factor - Why improvement initiatives fail is an Organizational Change Management (OCM) talk serves as a learning experience that builds a foundation for successful, large-scale process transformation activities. It is designed to equip change leaders for the performance of their roles throughout the implementation and transformation initiative. The following results are anticipated:

An understanding of the eight success factors that enable business transformation.
How to assess the organization’s current capability level in one or more of the change success factors.
An understanding of the barriers that may prevent the organization from achieving its goals.
The importance of an action plan that the organization can use to remove the real and perceived barriers to change.
How an OCM Strategy can be integrated with the organization’s plans for transformation.

Call for Proposals

Proposal Submission Deadline:
October 11, 2019

Acceptance notification date:
November 11, 2019

Early Registration Deadline:
February 11, 2020

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Length of Presentations: Technical sessions are typically 35 minutes. There will be a limited number of "double" sessions, 70 minutes, at the end of each day.