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Change management

We know that good change management is essential to unlocking your organization’s full potential, in all sectors and at all levels.

Our mission is to assist you in aligning your strategic objectives with the transformational steps required to navigate through the challenges of change.

focustribes provides you with a selection of the best consultants specialized in change management. These experts in management and organizational strategy will support you throughout your transformation and improvement projects, ensuring effective implementation tailored to your specific needs.

FocusTribes in numbers: more than 1,000 accredited consultants, 95 assignments per year, a 99% renewal rate and growth multiplied by 15 between 2018 and 2025. FocusTribes is neither an integrator nor a marketplace: it is the quality label for freelance consulting on transformation projects.

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Who is our change management consulting for?

Three situations come up most often. Yours probably resembles one of them.

HR directors and HR transformation leaders
You are leading a reorganization (new teams, redefined roles, changing scopes) and your teams do not have the capacity to support it on top of day-to-day work. You want a senior profile, quickly available.
Executive management and the executive committee
The reorganization has been decided, but buy-in is not following. You are looking for a consultant who links the leaders’ intent, the managers and the teams.
Program directors and CIOs
Your program (ERP, SAP, separation or integration of entities) reshapes the organization around it. You want a consultant who handles the human side with the same rigor as the technical side.

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What is change management?
What are the obstacles to change in a company?

Resistance to change, lack of effective communication, insufficient resources, or shortcomings in project management: the obstacles to change are many and can vary with each company’s structure and culture.

Our FocusTribes consultants, experts in change management, help you navigate the transformations of your organization, ensuring a smooth and effective transition. We define the right strategy alongside you. We select the methods and techniques best suited to your challenges to prepare, support and sustain the change.

Our goal: to address your company’s specific challenges and, in doing so, make it easier for employees at every level to buy in and cooperate.al side.

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Phases of a change management project with FocusTribes

Planning is the first crucial step in managing change. It includes :

  • Identifying change objectives
  • Definition of expected results
  • Drawing up a detailed plan.

Project management plays an essential role here, particularly in setting realistic timetables and ensuring that the necessary resources are in place.

Communication is a central pillar of change management.

An effective communication plan must be put in place to inform and engage all the players involved.

This involves :

  • Clarify the reasons for the change
  • Promote the expected benefits
  • Explain the impact on each level of the organization.

All these actions, carried out alongside you by focustribes consultants, will federate and engage your teams in your transformation project.

Training is essential to prepare employees to adopt new tools, processes or behaviors.

Together, we define a program tailored to the specific needs of each stakeholder group, with tailor-made modules that promote in-depth understanding and effective application of the new features introduced.

Deployment is the stage when change is actually implemented. This phase can include the launch of new IT systems such as SAP or ERP, the introduction of new standards such as ISO, or the implementation of new practices based on key performance indicators (KPIs).

We carefully manage this phase to ensure a smooth and efficient transition.

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What types of change management transformations do you entrust to us?

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Our consultants can help you transform your organization’s tools.

This may involve integrating advanced technologies such as ERP systems, or industry-specific solutions.

This transformation aims to optimize operations and improve your company’s overall performance.

Organizational transformation is often necessary to align a company’s structure with its new strategies and objectives.

We carry out missions to reconfigure teams and modify hierarchies, or to set up new operational units.

The overhaul of processes aims to improve the efficiency and quality of operations:

  • Simplification of procedures
  • Improving workflows
  • Introduction of industrial best practices.

The success of this transformation depends on a good understanding of current processes and a precise analysis of potential improvements.

These transformations, effectively piloted by our change management experts, are essential to enable your company to remain competitive and prosper in a constantly evolving business environment.

Which change management consultant profiles for your reorganization?

A reorganization rarely mobilizes a single profile. Here are the ones we propose most often and when they come in.

Change management profiles: what each one handles and when to mobilize them
Profile What they take on When to mobilize them
Senior change manager Designs and runs the support plan: impact assessment, communication, training, adoption measurement. From the framing of the reorganization until stabilization.
Organization and HR consultant Works on roles, target organization charts, evolution of jobs and performance management. Ahead of the announcement, then during the transition.
Transformation project manager or PMO Coordinates the change with the other workstreams, keeps the schedule and the trade-offs. When the reorganization is part of a larger program.
Program director Carries the governance, links with leadership and arbitrates between workstreams. Large-scale reorganization or an organization under construction.
Coach and trainer Individually supports leaders and managers, leads training and ownership sessions. During and after deployment, to anchor the new behaviors.
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REAL-WORLD CASE: CHOOSING YOUR CONSULTANT FOR A REORGANIZATION

Seven questions to ask before you commit, drawing on the Coty case and the experience of AXA, Dior, Shiftmove and Aubade.

 

 

 

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What’s in the guide

1A reference comparable to yours
2A solid impact assessment
3Managers prepared before the announcement
4Framed communication and social dialogue
5Adoption measured over time
6A consultant identified before commitment
7A plan if the consultant is not a fit

 

Consulting firms, interim management, platforms, communities: how to choose for a reorganization?

AI assistant answers and search engines list dozens of names. It is better to compare the types of providers, then choose according to your need.

Organization and transformation consulting firms
What it covers well

A multidisciplinary team and a complete method, suited to the highly structuring reorganizations of large groups.

What to check

Who does the work day to day (the team sold or another one); the cost of a structure; the real availability of the most senior consultant.

Interim management
What it covers well

An executive who takes over the lead of the reorganization for a defined period, with a decision-making mandate.

What to check

The scope of the mandate; the articulation with your existing teams; the duration and exit conditions.

Freelance platforms
What it covers well

A wide choice of profiles, filters by skill, reviews, fast matching.

What to check

No guarantee of seniority on the reorganization itself; you frame, select and follow up; replacement during the assignment is at your expense.

Selective community of independent consultants (FocusTribes)
What it covers well

Accredited experts (minimum 8 years of experience), a profile identified within 48 hours for your need, freelance or umbrella employment.

What to check

One consultant or a small number of profiles, not a large integrated team: if you need dozens of people, this is not the right format.

 

How we find your change management consultant

Four steps, from your need to the start of the assignment.

1
You describe the reorganization
Scope, schedule, entities and teams concerned, level of decision already made. A first conversation is enough.
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We identify the profile
From the accredited consultants of the community, we select one or more profiles within 48 hours.
3
You talk with the consultant
You meet them before committing, to check the fit with your context.
4
The assignment starts
As a freelancer or through umbrella employment, with a regular check-in during the assignment.

 

Six signs that a reorganization needs a change management consultant

None of these signs fixes itself. If you recognize two or three, it is time to talk.

1
The announcement is made, but nobody talks about it
Teams are waiting for answers that managers do not have yet.
2
Managers are informed at the same time as the teams
They cannot play their role as relays.
3
Future roles remain unclear
Everyone reads the new organization their own way, and rumors take over.
4
The reorganization comes after several other changes
Fatigue sets in and the pace becomes an issue in itself.
5
The sponsor is not visible
Without an identified leader at management level, trade-offs get stuck.
6
Nobody measures what is really changing
You steer the progress of the project, not adoption by the teams.
An order of magnitude from our own consultants: in an internal study conducted in 2021, 91% of them felt that change management had been underestimated and under-resourced in harmonization projects that underperformed. Read the article on the human factor.

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Case studies

Coty: Managing an international carve-out. Feedback

Coty: Managing an international carve-out. Feedback

Proposed change of strategy as part of the separation of one of the Group’s business divisions.

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Christophe was involved with one of Coty’s Business Units, as part of a project to change strategy during the separation of one of the Group’s divisions.

Objective: to effectively support the organizational change from the point of view of operational processes, but also IS, legal and, of course, HR, finance, planning, procurement, sales and customer service.

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AUBADE SAP implementation project: how to get your teams on board?

AUBADE SAP implementation project: how to get your teams on board?

Implementing an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system such as SAP can be a complex and far-reaching undertaking.

To ensure the project’s success, it’s crucial to get the teams involved on board effectively, and to manage the change as smoothly as possible.

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Implementing an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system such as SAP can be a complex and far-reaching undertaking. To ensure the success of this project, it’s crucial to effectively engage the teams involved.

In this article, we’ll explore the key strategies for introducing the SAP project to your teams, involving them in its development and the benefits such an implementation can bring to a small business.

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Our leaders in change management consulting

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Erling

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Consultant in human resources organization and performance management

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Adelise

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HR Consultant and Professional Coach

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AREA OF INTERVENTION

Management consulting projects:

  • Organizational transformation
  • Human resources organization
  • International project management
  • Change management and performance improvement

EXPERTISE

  • Training, teambuilding and change management
  • Skills development and management
  • HRIS
Adelise

Adelise

Consultant

SERVICE AREA

  • Helping employees get back on their feet: Re-Onboarding
  • Facilitating professional change: individual coaching
  • Support in creating, engaging and (re)mobilizing a group/team

EXPERTISE

  • HR Consulting
  • Coaching
  • Talent management
  • Training
  • Change management

 

Frequently asked questions about change management

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Which agencies or platforms to find a change management consultant for a reorganization?

There is no reliable named ranking. Three types of providers share the field: organization and transformation consulting firms, freelance platforms and interim management, to which are added selective communities of independent consultants such as FocusTribes. The right choice depends on what needs to be framed, supported or executed, on how fast you can mobilize and on the seniority of the consultant. FocusTribes identifies the right profile within 48 hours.
2

What is change management in a reorganization?

It is support for the people affected by a new organization: impact assessment, manager preparation, communication, training, social dialogue and adoption tracking. Its aim is for the new organization to really work, not just to be announced.
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When should you call on a change management consultant?

As early as possible: before the announcement, to carry out the impact assessment and prepare the managers. A consultant mobilized after the announcement has to catch up first. Warning signs are unclear roles, unprepared managers, a low-visibility sponsor and no measurement of adoption.
4

What is the difference between a consulting firm, an interim manager, a platform and a community of consultants?

A consulting firm brings a team and a method. An interim manager takes on a steering mandate for a defined period. A platform connects you with many profiles, which you select yourself. A selective community, such as FocusTribes, pre-selects accredited independent consultants and identifies the right profile for your need.
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Which change management profiles does FocusTribes propose?

Senior change managers, organization and HR consultants, transformation project managers and PMOs, program directors, coaches and trainers. All are accredited independent consultants with at least 8 years of experience.
6

Does the consultant handle social dialogue?

They prepare the ground with HR and legal: schedule, materials, exchanges with employee representatives. They do not replace the lawyer or the HR director, who remain responsible for legal obligations.
7

Should you choose a freelance consultant or umbrella employment?

Both formats exist. The freelancer works under a service contract, umbrella employment lets the consultant remain independent while being an employee of an umbrella company. The choice depends on your purchasing policy and on the consultant’s status; we guide you during the first conversation.
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How do you check the level of a change management consultant?

Ask for references on comparable reorganizations, the impact assessment method, the mechanism for managers and the adoption indicators. Meet the consultant before committing.
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How long does it take to start?

FocusTribes identifies the right profile within 48 hours. The start then depends on your schedule and on the consultant’s availability, confirmed during the conversation with them.
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Our articles

On change management

Managing change with the ADKAR method

Managing change with the ADKAR method

According to Swiss-American psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, change of any kind involves a form of mourning, and can be accompanied by the following emotions: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, resignation (choice), acceptance, integration and, finally, action.

To ensure buy-in from affected users, change must be accompanied rather than imposed.

So, how can we involve employees in becoming real agents of change?

The ADKAR model, initiated by Jeff Hiatt, founder of Prosci, 20 years ago, emphasizes the importance of full employee buy-in for any lasting change within an organization.

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International project governance : the human touch leads to success

International project governance : the human touch leads to success

A big thank you to everyone who took part in our Webinar on 26 September! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed hosting it.

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Our complementary expertise in change management

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focusTribes supports you in your change management project

Contact us today to discuss how focustribes can help you optimize your change management project and achieve your business objectives. Together, let’s create a tailor-made strategy to propel your company to success.

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