Kim Corrigan joins Obair Leadership in Calgary to provide coaching and consulting to leaders and managers to help them be successful when leading a change process.
WireService.ca Press Release (09/15/2014) – Change projects are not only common in organizations today but also often are unsuccessful. Failed change initiatives cause considerable workforce problems and financial risk for organizations. “The key is paying attention to the power of emotion in people”, says Change Consultant and Coach Kim Corrigan, who provides coaching to leaders and managers to help them be successful and produce quicker results when leading a change process.
Kim has joined Obair Leadership in Calgary, AB to provide another level of coaching and consulting to improve leaders’ effectiveness.
“I continually work with leaders at all levels in an organization that experience big problems with change. While they may have outstanding ideas for change, many do not have the skills to manage the people side. And that gets them into trouble,” says Dr. Bob Acton. “I’m really excited that Kim has joined Obair as she adds another dimension that can really help leaders. We simply want leaders to be successful.”
A top change management research firm Prosci reported that four of the top five obstacles a project faces are related to people including employee resistance, middle management resistance, poor executive sponsorship, and politics.
“What happens when leaders don’t use good people strategies when working within change?” Corrigan asks, who works with helping leaders and managers learn how to use emotional intelligence. “They end up creating the result they do not desire: resistance to the project and resistance to them personally.”
The key to managing this risk is to use a step-by-step approach to both understand the needs of employees and create powerful methods to bring people on board, says Corrigan, who has worked on numerous change projects.
Corrigan recommends using a three-phase approach to help leaders and managers work effectively in change project:
Use a structured organizational change management program to improve ROI
Utilize a step-by-step practical approach to create a deep understanding the needs of the people involved in the change.
Use natural communication and interaction strategies and techniques to get people onboard and find quick wins to build momentum their leadership practice.
For more information, go to www.obairleadership.com
Kim Corrigan, B.ScN, Change Management Consultant and Coach with Obair Leadership, works with leaders and managers to help improve their way of working with people going through change.
Bob Acton, Ph.D., President of Obair Leadership, is a leadership consultant and executive coach, trainer, and speaker. He works with talented, knowledgeable leaders to build practical solutions with their employees, peers, clients, and leader teams. With broad professional training, he combines extensive experience with knowledge of cutting-edge research to optimize leader performance and bottom-line results.
