Change management self assessment

Self-assessment quiz: could a better plan help you accelerate results?

New initiatives are common within companies, but how many of them actually achieve the results they intended? (Hint: only 1/3 of new initiatives actually succeed.)

Use this self-assessment to see how you compare to others managing new initiatives and determine if you are fully prepared to manage your new initiative and quickly achieve your intended results.

Which initiative are you currently managing or will be managing soon? Please choose one. *

What are the two biggest challenges you've experienced or expect to experience during your company’s HQ relocation? *

Getting employees excited about moving to a new location

Keeping all the different audiences informed about project progress

Managing an adjustment to a new space and new workplace norms / standards

The speed with which third-party vendors execute move-related tasks

Dealing with the “rumor mill”

Coordinating with internal teams to ensure all systems are in place and ready for the new location start date

Other Other

What are the two biggest challenges you've experienced or expect to experience during your company’s M&A event? *

Ensuring CRE has a seat at the table and is involved in strategic decisions

Quickly gaining a clear understanding of the acquired company’s headcount and portfolio data

Blending two company cultures into one new culture

Aligning with new management and operational requirements

Keeping key players focused on tasks required to realize the value the acquisition was intended to achieve (e.g., savings targets)

Integrating two CRE organizations together quickly to form a high functioning CRE team

Other Other

What are the two biggest challenges you've experienced or expect to experience with your company’s new sustainability strategy? *

Motivating executives to care about sustainability issues

Getting employees to take actions that help achieve sustainability goals

Ensuring that key audiences know about your successes in the sustainability area

Getting key staff to learn new skills for how to implement sustainability projects

Getting a top executive to serve as the sustainability champion for the organization

Other Other

What are the two biggest challenges you've experienced or expect to experience during your company’s new technology program implementation? *

Ensuring employees have adequate training to clearly understand how to use the new program

Ensuring help is readily available for questions associated with the new program

Getting employees to understand why the new system is better than the previous technology

Quickly gaining adoption of the new technology and mitigating resistance associated with learning “yet another new technology system”

Overcoming misperceptions that the new system is not productive because it takes much longer to figure out

Other Other

What are the two biggest challenges you've experienced or expect to experience during the implementation of your company’s new workplace strategy? *

Overcoming the negativity surrounding shifting from assigned desks and offices to open seating

Clearly communicating how to use the new space, including concentration areas and collaboration areas

Collaborating with managers who are adjusting to allowing employees to work from home without being able to see them working

Gaining leadership champions willing to endorse and help with transition

Quickly gaining adoption and enthusiasm with the new ways of working

Other Other

What are the biggest challenges you've experienced with the way your new initiative was rolled out to the organization? *

Headquarter (HQ) relocation	Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Sustainability or green programs	Technology programs
Workplace strategy	Other changes Other changes