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There are no cookie cutter answers to breaking down the resistance to change but the article 4 Steps to Easing the Pain of Change provides some guidelines. Learn More...

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CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.
- G.K. Chesterton

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
-Alfred North Whitehead.

Subtle or dramatic, reactive or proactive, organizational-wide or departmentally focused, helping organizations effectively manage change – Organizational UPSETTM – is at the heart of what we do at Work Systems Affiliates. We help organizations respond to their unique challenges and upsets such as:

  • How to meet the challenges of rapid growth
  • How to keep projects on track
  • How to accelerate integration/assimilation following a merger or acquisition
  • How to compete in mature markets
  • How to battle increased competition

What is similar among each of these scenarios is that the solution involves aligning organizational and people goals.

UPSETTM Technology: How Work Systems Affiliates Helps in Change Management

Our UPSETTM (Uniting People, Systems and Energy during Transformation) Technology is built on a 4-stage, structured organizational change model that ensures a controlled, planned process and widespread employee involvement in the change initiative. It encompasses a full complement of services designed to help you manage the entire change process – from initial assessment to sustained change over the long-term.

UPSETTM Technology: Work System Affiliates' Organizational Change Model

Work System Affiliates' Organizational Change Model

Click here to read more about each of these stages.

  1. Strategize - Assessing the need for change:
  2. Mobilize - Designing a plan for change:
  3. Implement - Coaching the leaders of change:
  4. Sustain – Helping others prepare, contribute and adapt to change:

Our UPSET Technology is designed to support both the organizational and individual growth efforts necessary to achieve your desired end results.

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