Seventy-five percent of all business initiatives need to step through this process - or at least something very similar.  This straight-ahead framework will help you harness organizational creativity, apply proven practices, and achieve your desired results.

Success ... not fizzle.

You've seen it before - business leaders and their teams make a valiant attempt to succeed. They are well intended. They strive to achieve the benefit. But rather than full success, there's a fizzle. Potential business benefit is marginalized. 

These are provocative situations where roles, perspectives, and personal agendas make full success difficult. But download this powerful list right now and get started right away.  This list will give you greater confidence as you approach "how" to tackle your next assignment.     

Your Secret Weapon - The "How" List !

 1. Prepare the Team (business book)

 2. Make a Vision Statement (business book)

 3. Find Business Opportunity (business book paper link) 

 4. Define Scope (business paper book)

 5. List Cost and Benefit

 6. Quantify Cost and Benefit

 7. Clarify the Objectives (change webtool)

 8. Give the Project a Name (change insights)

 9. Adopt a Methodology and Team Process

 10. Create a List of Project Goals

 11. Identify the Stakeholders

 12. Make a Communication Plan (change book)

 13. Make a Project Plan (certification)

 14. Get Management Approval (change book)

 15. Discover the Issues

 16. Create a Contingency Plan

 17. Learn About the People (change book)

 18. List Main Features of the Change

 19. Make a Marketing Plan (suggested link1 link2 book lists)

 20. Make a Supply Chain/Logistics Plan (business book1 book2 document)

 21. Get More People on the Team

 22. Outline Business Processes (business tool)

 23. Draft User Wish List

 24. Coordinate Departments

 25. Promote the Project

 26. List Basic Job Functions

 27. Identify Job Relationships

 28. Make a Prototype

 29. Draft Job Descriptions (change book)

 30. Design Celebrations and Symbols

 31. Try out the Prototype

 32. Find Organization Design Opportunity (change book)

 33. Write Procedures and Policies

 34. Demonstrate the Change

 35. Advertise Test Results

 36. Draft Training Material (change book)

 37. Define Training Program

 38. Make a Scorecard (business resource)

 39. Counsel the Stakeholder Groups

 40. Identify Human Resource Programs (change book)

 41. Finalize Training Material

 42. Make Job Aids

 43. Keep up the Communication (change book)

 44. Get Approval to Implement

 45. Deliver Training (change book)

 46. Put in Procedures

 47. Provide Follow-up Support

 48. Monitor the Change

 49. Examine Business Results

 50. Have a Celebration (change book)

 51. Respond to Organization Transition Issues

Bio: John A. Honeycutt

John Honeycutt is an accomplished management consultant, entrepreneur and marketing professional. With over 20 total years of know-how, he has counseled Fortune 500 executives across all major industries in both the U.S. and abroad including combined experience with Accenture, Capgemini, and as a partner with CSC Consulting Group - now in a leadership position with Deloitte Consulting.  With a Master of Science in Management, Computers and Systems and post-graduate studies from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Honeycutt weaves a rich foundation of scholarly insight into his practical on-the-ground approach. When not consulting, he composes and performs music and has contributed his talent to noble causes including Texas Women in Film and the Flight 93 Memorial. He lives in Flower Mound, Texas, with his wife, Jennifer, and teenage children, Danielle and James.

My "Elevator Speech"

What I sell is confidence, freedom from worry, and excellence.

What I do is human capital consulting.  Sometimes this is called organizational change management, or workforce performance consulting.

As a business leader, you want to accelerate through the business change.  You want minimal business disruption.  You want to overcome obstacles without wasting time, effort, and money.  Your job is to lead.  My job is to support you so you are successful.

I will help you succeed through a combination of practical and proven people-interventions along with creating innovative ideas unique to your situation.  I will fuel your success by respectfully challenging established norms, encouraging you to dare to try some things differently, and helping you discover the powerful surprises otherwise hidden in your organization.