Transformation & Change Management
Transformation & Change Management
Ready to make big changes to your business? With our transformation and change management services, we can minimize disruption, reduce employee resistance and get you to ROI faster. We’ll map the full scope and impact of change, identify areas of risk and resistance, and provide solutions to keep progress on track.
Preparing for Growth / Scaling Up
This is a moment businesses wait for: the moment we unlock new revenue streams and prepare to welcome an influx of new customers. It’s also a ‘make it or break it’ moment, where infrastructure, leadership and culture are put to the test. If a scale-up is on the horizon, it’s best to prepare and plan as early as possible.
When you choose Banner HR as your transformation partner for scaling-up, we’ll work with your executive team to build a comprehensive transformation plan. We’ll make sure that, when you’re ready to seize big opportunities, you are able to focus outwardly on growth, not spend time firefighting internally. Depending on the nature of your change, our approach can involve SWOT analyses, assembling project teams and gatekeeping processes, assessing workflows, systems and infrastructure, evaluating teams, designing phased workforce plans and future organization structures, and more. Contact us to learn more!
Restructuring / Reduction-in-Force (RIF)
This is one of the most difficult moments a business can go through: the realization that it needs to reorganize it’s people and possibly reduce the size of the workforce. Whether you’re debating this angle, or have already made the decision, Banner HR can help. We can analyze your org structure, operational realities, and alternatives to help you design a structure that serves your strategy. If you’ve already done that, we can also help execute on a restructure/RIF
When you engage us to help with a restructure or RIF, we focus on
Leadership preparation and coaching
Full compliance with applicable legislation
Document preparation
Logistics: day of planning and execution
Risk mitigation plans
Organizational Communication and Change Management
Providing dignity and care for impacted employees
You don’t have to go this alone. Though it’s an emotionally charged situation, we can minimize pain points, get your team to a place of acceptance, and help your people and culture move beyond the change.
New Technology / AI Adoption and Readiness
Advancements in technology and AI continue to change the way work is done. Businesses can unlock significant revenue growth, idea generation, savings, and employee engagement when technology is effectively deployed.
The challenge is that these projects involve heavy work around process design, UX/UI, data and technical requirements - which draws the energy and focus of the project team. All too often, a project team completes the work only to find people slow to adapt or outright resistant to the change. This outcome is frustrating on many levels: you invested good money in new technology, and you want that ROI. We can get you there faster. We’ll work with your project team to map the scope of change, stakeholder impact, and design a change management plan that ensures that, when your ship is built, it’s ready to set sail.
We recommend engaging a transformation partner early in the project management process for best results - but it’s never too late to begin change management!
Culture Transformation
Peter Drucker famously said “culture eats strategy for breakfast” and this has proven to be true time and again.
Culture represents the general attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours of your workforce. It is nuanced and complex. We can’t always put our finger on it, but we can feel it: when the collective energy of a group feels low, out of sync, or inconsistent with company goals. Where culture is ‘the water we swim in,’ it can be difficult to see objectively and find our way through change. Banner HR can help!
We help our clients understand their current culture and define the change they would like to make, then build a comprehensive plan to realize their goals. We help our clients see the truth about their culture. Then, starting at the foundations, we help organizations transform. The process is not for the faint of heart. It involves introspection and willingness to learn. It can also involve healing, confronting past mistakes, and making difficult choices. Through the process, we will guide you honestly, firmly, and safely towards an exceptional outcome. We build high performance cultures and the outcomes are truly transformative!
Culture Transformation services may be right for you if you have undergone a
rapid increase in headcount
sudden diversification of the workforce (e.g. merger, acquisition, or geographic expansion)
significant leadership changes
restructure/RIF
major operational change