Implementing Enterprise-Wide Programs
Enterprise programs are goal-attainment programs in disguise. A look at the system Rebral Learn uses to keep them on track.
Implementing new programs across an entire organization may not appear to be related to goal attainment, but the activity is indeed a goal-attainment program. The tendency for leadership to underestimate the significance of these changes — and the risk of making the changes work to a team that is already running flat-out — is exactly why most rollouts disappoint.
A system for success
Enterprise-wide program implementations are perfect applications for Rebral Learn because Rebral Learn is a holistic solution that naturally uncovers the relevant factors that directly, or indirectly, contribute to the success of an organizational program. Since an organizational program is simply a factor that contributes to the success of the company as a whole, any point solution that focuses solely on the program itself will be incapable of delivering the desired outcome.
The process of implementing a program with Rebral Learn considers new and existing goals, objectives, initiatives, leadership, personnel, programs, workflows, processes, technologies, and customers related to the program. This produces a necessary understanding of the impact of each layer and adjacent area, so the correct alignments are made across the board.
Benefits
When implemented correctly, workplace changes mean improved productivity, communication, and performance. At the program level, employee satisfaction rises, personnel become more knowledgeable, and the frustration of working inside an incoherent system disappears. Leadership sees operational savings and waste reduction. The company as a whole sees a net increase in efficiency and efficacy.
Threats
Implementing enterprise-wide programs without adequate resources, know-how, or planning produces the inverse effect. No company would launch a program if it knew the net effect would be negative — yet a neutral impact is not desirable either, because new programs almost always add workload to personnel.
Bottom line
Enterprise-wide programs come in many shapes, sizes, and forms. Their uniqueness often obfuscates the reality that they are, in fact, goal-attainment programs with acute consequences. Missteps can range from minor setbacks to costly failure. It is better to approach any enterprise-wide implementation with an expert understanding of how to do so optimally — using a proven methodology, like Rebral Learn’s, that will work for the organization and sidestep the pitfalls that befall so many.