Business Analysis Techniques
Various business analysis techniques can be used in strategic planning, including SWOT analysis, PEST analysis, STEER analysis, and EPISTEL (see above).
SYSTEM:
Successful and sustainable transformation efforts require leaders who know how to manage change. At the simplest level, managing change means:
- Knowing what you want to accomplish and creating a compelling vision that motivates others
- Understand stakeholders and communicating with them early, consistently and often
- Managing the varying levels of support and resistance that will inevitably emerge in response to any change
- Change Leadership is a skillset that is required throughout any deployment, from planning and executing to sustaining improvements.
- Change Leadership is essential for both high level executives and program leaders, who are responsible for setting the vision, communicate the vision and make the changes happen.
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