Making change stick
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The people side of change
Universities are changing fast, through restructures and new partnerships, often under tight budgets. Approving a change is the easy part. Whether it becomes everyday practice depends on the managers and teams who have to make it work.
In this series, Charles Knight, Higher Education Sector Engagement Lead at Strengthify, looks at the people side of change, with practical tools you can use with your own teams.
The practical guide
Making change stick after a university merger or acquisition
Six practical steps for leaders, from being clear about where authority sits to preparing managers for the conversations ahead.
Download the decision map template
A one-page worksheet to help your leadership team sort decisions before managers brief their teams, and to plan who needs support to act on them.Completing a university acquisition is not the same as making it work
Why completing a change on paper is only the start, with five questions for boards and executive teams.
Change sticks in the middle
Why heads of department and professional services managers decide whether change lasts, and what senior teams can do to support them.
The small permissions that enable transformation
How clear, reliable permission helps staff act on change, and what to do when the caution is cultural.
About Charles
Charles Knight is the Higher Education Sector Engagement Lead at Strengthify. He works with universities to build the leadership and team capability that change depends on, drawing on his own experience of leading teams through change in Higher Education.
How Strengthify can help
Our programmes help managers and teams build the confidence and working relationships that change depends on. The Management Development Programme supports managers leading change, and Discovery Workshops help teams understand how they work best together.