Determining how to involve others

Bringing together the right people now will go a…long way in ensuring the success of your change initiative.…The good news is that there's several…options for how you can involve key people.…Let's look at some of your choices for roles on the input team.…First, you can invite people to be part of the planning process as consultants.…These would be your subject matter experts or influential people.…They would present information or participate in…discussions with the lead team around specific issues.…This can be a one-time thing, or continue for a portion of the process.…Second, you can invite people to be evaluators, to…assess the various options or possibilities of the change initiative.…

There are usually a range of choices and decisions to make,…and each one is an opportunity to seek input and create buy-in.…Third, you can have people participate as pilot…testers or early adopters to get important feedback.…A lot of problems can be addressed if you have…the time to test the change initiative before it launches on a large scale.…