Background to Change Management cont. 4

Strategic Thinking

It involves the application of information on internal and external drivers for the change when scoping, planning and making decisions

Expertise	Description of Expertise
Vision Development	Develops, reinforces and communicates a clear vision
	Understands and leverages the drivers of change
	Understands the drivers of change in the organisation's strategy and aligns key change messages, strategic aims and goals
	Maintains a long-term, strategic and tactical view of change in order to identify risks and opportunities
	Accurately identifies the scope and complexity of change
	Builds communication strategy based on scope
	Can quickly assess the current organisational landscape for a change, and identify other activities for initiatives that may become opportunities or issues
Assess Readiness	Regularly monitors organisational readiness for change
Strategic View	Challenges thinking and questions assumptions in a constructive way
	Recognises likely impacts on organisational strategies and plans and alerts management
	Correctly assesses the impact of other changes and adapts approach, exploits opportunities and takes mitigation action as required
	Recognises the need for integration across model change programmes and projects that will impact common stakeholders
Sustainable Outcome	Builds lasting solutions, which are owned by the organisation, and takes account of the current and future changes in the organisation

(source: CMI, 2022b)