As a Change Management Speaker, I know that change management is an essential skill in today's dynamic workplace, but managing change effectively requires understanding the unique needs and perspectives of different generations. Change Management Speaker Mike Hourigan is an expert in guiding companies through these challenges, offering insights that help businesses successfully navigate organizational changes across multiple generations. From Baby Boomers to Gen Z, each generation responds to change...
In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to effectively navigate change has become a critical skill for organizations looking to stay competitive and thrive in the face of uncertainty. Change management, the structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state, is a key ingredient in successfully managing change. One individual who has made a significant impact in the...
Are you struggling to navigate the complexities of change within your organization? Change management is a critical skill for businesses and individuals alike, and one expert who has made it his mission to demystify the process is the renowned change management speaker, Mike Hourigan. With a wealth of experience and a knack for engaging storytelling, Hourigan offers invaluable insights into what can be managed during times of change, and...
What do employees fear the most in this new “hybrid world?” As a change management speaker and change management consultant, I am witness to the deepest fears of those in my audiences. It’s not what you may think. In my role as a change management keynote speaker, I would caution organizations who believe the biggest fear is based on “catching Covid” or having to commute to the office twice...
Anger to Change is not a Good Look As a change management speaker and change management consultant, I realize there are no end to theories about how individuals in a company react to change. Jennifer Herrity writing for Indeed.com (September 15, 2021) listed many of these models, all championed by psychologists, management consultants, business schools and the like. However, in speaking to groups on change management, in real time...
Your Change Management Motivational Speaker Mike Hourigan says the following. “The McKinsey consulting group reports data that 70% of all change management efforts fail. A 30% success rate is troubling, particularly when considering the associated costs in the form of loss of competitive position, confidence of the workforce in leadership, and quality improvements and anticipated costs reductions.” It is called change fatigue, it’s a real thing, and no one...
The Workplace Balance Has Changed, Is Your Organization Prepared? It has argued that COVID-19 “changed everything.” As a national change management speaker, my counter argument is that COVID changed nothing but accelerated everything. In my keynote talks on change management, I point out that as the Omicron variant began to subside, the workplace would be re-balanced and employees would become not more powerful, but more heard and prone to...
This is the fourth part in our series on managing change, with motivational change management speaker Mike Hourigan on change and employee fears of changes of direction. Where Do I Go from Here? As a keynote speaker and breakout speaker I often give sessions on change management and helping employees overcome the fears of facing new directions in their jobs, I often hear stories of valued employees, employees with...
In this, the second part of our series on managing change, inspirational change management speaker on change and employee relationships Mike Hourigan discusses how change affects employee relations. In today’s organization, relationships with co-workers are dynamic. Certainly, remote and contract workers come and go, and those we may work with for years may move away, retire or change positions. Even those changes are anticipated; for example, “Marge,” the CFO,...