Your organization has a big change to announce to employees. While you need to reach all levels of employees, it’s especially important to focus on managers. After all, managers have the most interaction with employees—and employees rely on managers to answer their burning questions: “What does it mean to me?” and “What do I need to do?”
But often when a change is implemented, managers feel they don’t have what they need to communicate successfully. They’re uninformed and out of touch. As a result, they feel disempowered.
So to be successful, managers need serious help. That means you need to invest your time to make sure that managers have the tools they need to help employees through the change.
Here are 5 ways to get managers ready:
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Set expectations |
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Brief managers first |
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Provide FAQs |
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Create a one-pager |
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Provide a support system
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