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Amongst growing disruption, increased complexity and heightened employee expectations, new approaches to change management can drive improved transformation outcomes.
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In support of new or existing EV-focused programs, utilities often lack a tailored strategy that personalizes the change and builds confidence among impacted stakeholder groups, inviting them to ride shotgun along the journey. Here's what such a strategy should look like, tailored for specific use cases that utilities are pursuing during this encouraging, but sometimes bumpy, ride into our EV future.
Create a value story and focus on the experience
For organizations undergoing significant change, impacts on employees, customers and other stakeholders should be thought of something less to be managed and more to be experienced. A good strategy that helps people along the change journey focuses on telling the story as to why change is necessary, identifying what will change and for whom, and then developing a detailed and thoughtful plan that tailors that experience to impacted stakeholders and prepares them. Successful mechanisms for driving change engage stakeholders throughout the transformation lifecycle, from first awareness through to realization of the change. That way, they have a clear path on which to experience the change, ultimately empowering them to be change ambassadors.
A crucial step in helping people experience change correctly is to define a clear EV value story and case for change — for the utility itself and also for the market, whether it’s targeting businesses or individuals who are interested in the transition or employees who are being asked to make the switch for their jobs. Instead of allowing questions to fester without answers, this effort describes “what’s in it for me” to impacted stakeholders — meeting their needs, addressing pain points and sustaining purposeful connection to work.
Let’s examine how this works in practice for utilities under three specific EV use cases. While the reasons and benefits for each stakeholder group likely require unique customization for maximum impact, the need for supporting these groups through the changes in various forms is clear.