The common challenges of process change

Implementing a change management framework, such as one of the ones we discussed earlier in Models for business change, comes with its own set of challenges, and sometimes these challenges can be quite complex.

Here are several common challenges that are prohibitive to process change:

• Organizational resistance
• Lack of established goals
• Poor strategic alignment
• Starting with tools
• Underestimating the need for change frameworks
• The domino effect

Let's look at these in more detail to understand their impact. We won't discuss organizational resistance as we've already discussed this previously.

Lack of established goals

Goals are critical. You must have defined goals, so you know how to measure your success and know the direction in which you are heading. When you do not establish goals, it is hard to know which direction you are heading in, and you can lose your way quickly.

When you...