“More than 70% of all major change efforts in organisations fail.”
Often the cause is the superficial adoption and implementation of change management techniques, rather than really understanding the key principles and applying the principles within the context of the organisational culture. Organisations often look for recipes, this is a common theme in conferences, training sessions, and even coaching gigs; but implementing change in an organisation is much more complex.
“People copy the most visible, obvious, and frequently least important practices.” Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert Sutton, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense(2006)