Published: 22 September 2022
HR professionals must support change management to increase change adoption and decrease change resistance, but the actions necessary for success are often unclear. Providing leaders with guidance on how to use open-source change management principles can increase the likelihood of change success.
Most HR leaders expect HR business professionals (HRBPs) to take on more change management responsibilities in their role, but the specific actions HRBPs should take to effectively facilitate change management are often unclear.
HRBPs should be aware of how to implement an open-source approach to change management, with which change success is 14 times more likely to happen than when using a top-down approach.
In many scenarios, HRBPs’ primary change management responsibility will be enabling managers and leaders to use best practice change management tactics with their teams.
To support effective change management and increase change adoption, HR professionals should:
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