CHANGE management consultancy
Our people-first approach, expertise in psychology and delivery focused approach makes change management work.
Do you struggle to make change work?
Although 70% of change programmes probably don’t “fail”, many still fall short of delivering their intended results or cost far more to deliver than planned.
Our change management consultancy will help you to gain the commitment and build the confidence needed to make change work.
Take people on the journey, or let them drive?
Should change be top-down or bottom-up? This is a false distinction in our view, because no matter how change is initiated, people need to be involved in co-creating it AND it needs to be coordinated.
People make change work and they need to be supported and enabled to be successful. We can help you create clarity, engage effectively and build the capability you need to make your change initiatives succeed, wherever they start.
Our change management consultancy services
Our focus is on delivering value-adding change consultancy support and building capability. We never want to become part of the furniture.
Change strategy `
Engaging effectively
Managing resistance
Assessing readiness
Developing skills & capabilities
Rob led the project to create our new European HQ, and he shone in two distinct areas: the cost control of the project and all the change management aspects associated in relocating several hundred employees to a new location.
Experts in the psychology of change
Our consultants have lived and breathed change, as consultants and operational leaders, in a range of sectors and industries
We are people people to our core and experts in the psychology of motivation and change. While we believe in the use of structured change management methodology, our value comes from being see beyond the ‘process’.
The dynamics of motivation and emotion
From our blog
It’s time to lead change differently
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Free COVID Return to Work Survey Questions
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Embracing the Business Agility Challenge
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Developing Emotional Intelligence
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What is a Change Agent and how do I become one?
Ok, so what is a change agent and how do I become one? These two questions came up in a recent conversation I had with a friend who was looking for a new opportunity. My answers based on my own perspective and experience, follow. They may not be textbook-correct, and...
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About 8Connect
We are a People, Organisational Development and Change consultancy.
We help organisations develop the agility and resilience to perform in a complex, changing and unpredictable business environment.
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