Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries across the globe, and change management is no exception. As organizations integrate AI into their processes, leaders must adapt how they manage transitions. Change Management Speaker Mike Hourigan offers a unique perspective on how AI is influencing this field, helping teams and businesses adjust to the rapid pace of technological evolution. AI and the Acceleration of Change One of the primary ways AI...
As a Change Management Speaker, I can assure you that Change is inevitable in every organization, and with it often comes conflict. Whether it's adjusting to new technologies, leadership shifts, or revamped strategies, conflict can arise as people react to disruption. Mike Hourigan, a renowned Change Management Speaker, emphasizes that conflict management is crucial in making the transition smoother for everyone involved. Understanding the Relationship Between Conflict and Change...
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 dynamic business environment, change is the only constant. Organizations are constantly evolving to adapt to new technologies, shifting market trends, and emerging challenges. However, change management effectively becomes even more complex when you consider the diverse perspectives and preferences of the four generations currently in the workforce. This is where Mike Hourigan, a distinguished change management speaker, steps in to provide invaluable insights and strategies for navigating...
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...
The most important thing to remember about change in 2023 As a Charlotte-based change management keynote speaker, I understand that 2023 could present itself as the most challenging period of change in the last several decades. Whenever I speak on change management to my Charlotte, North Carolina audiences, I stress the power of connections and work friendships. What does happiness have to with change? As I was recently delivering...
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...
My twenty-year mission as a change management speaker has led me to the conclusion that most people don’t want to embrace change management, they want to erase it. In my in-person and virtual training sessions, I note that managing change is never easy. However, organizational change is made more difficult when employees intuitively know they must accept the changes in their organization, and then refuse to expose themselves to...
One of my roles as a change management speaker for companies and organizations in transition is to relay to executives that change almost always brings fears of competence. Managing change isn’t about explaining to employees “not to be afraid,” but helping them to get over the fear of what change is going to do to them. As a change management inspirational keynote speaker, I hear many moving stories of...