Integrating beyond your project team

Just as the Change Management team is not a silo and must integrate with the other project teams, it's important to remember that your project is not a silo and must integrate with other teams and departments across your organization. While it might be tempting to charge full steam ahead with absolute focus on the change you are trying to implement, you will have much greater success if you keep in mind the needs of other teams and work together to find mutually beneficial solutions to cross-team issues.

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The exact teams and departments you need to integrate with will change depending on your organization's structure and the change you are implementing.

As a starting point, we'll look at three groups that you are likely to need to work with throughout the project.

Corporate Communications

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