Small Businesses

Is Change Always Good?

  • 4 min Read
  • February 15, 2021

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Escalon

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Growth and change are among the hallmarks of success, but not all changes can be good for a startup. Therefore, you should always evaluate the benefits against the risks of implementing any change in your business. Check out some of the pros and cons that come with change and analyze them to create a successful business.

6 Benefits of Organizational Changes

While implementing change may be difficult, it can also be tremendously beneficial to both the company and employees. Organizational change can take many forms, such as changing team structures, business processes, digital adoption, digital transformation and improving products or services. Here are a few benefits of adapting to change that every entrepreneur can leverage when the time comes.

Provides New Business Opportunities

Opening the corporate door to changes can continually help you find new market opportunities and nurture new business ideas. Companies that capture new opportunities while improving their existing business’ performance can become more successful. Change provides you with the opportunities to improve existing processes and practices that help your business grow and thrive.

Helps You Stay Competitive

Embracing the necessary changes as a part of your ongoing strategy can help your company become more competitive and relevant in your business area. Adopting the new technological advancements can help organizations streamline workflows, enhance performance and stay viable in the market.

Encourages Innovation

Our current world is constantly evolving in terms of technology and other areas. Companies that keep themselves updated with new technological innovations and market trends can make their daily processes efficient and faster and enhance their strategic positions.

Promotes the Development of New Skills

The ability to change allows you and your team members to develop new approaches, strategies and skills to solve the various problems you face. Even a less successful change can help you get a better understanding of the business and market. While it is full of risks, a change can help your organization achieve sustainability and success.

Helps You and Your Business Grow

Adapting to the changes that enable you to meet customer and market demands can help your company grow. Changing your leadership style allows you to adopt effective management strategies so that you and your staff can achieve better productivity, efficiency and profitability. Team members who embrace the change positively will stand to gain better personal development.

Improves Productivity and Efficiency

With the right changes, your employees can have the knowledge and skill sets that help your company grow and ensure future success. Thus, you can reduce the time and resources required for a particular task and achieve higher productivity and efficiency.

5 Drawbacks of Organizational Change

Change itself is a calculated risk that every entrepreneur has to take eventually based on different factors. Organizational change is necessary for many businesses, although it may not always be good for your business, causing the following issues.

Causes Fatigue

Change disrupts habits and routines, which can be a challenge since most people don’t want to leave their comfort zones. The fear of change comes from the uncertainty of what comes next. Change fatigue can cause resistance to new developments at work, burnout, stress, and an overall negative attitude. So if left unchecked, employees can quickly become disengaged and unproductive at work.

Expensive

Technological changes may require training sessions and programs so your employees can use the technology efficiently. To update your employees’ skills and improve their productivity, you may need to invest extra time, money and other resources.

Whether it is the expense of buying the new technology or training people on a new tool, the change will come at a cost. The time spent on the workshops, training, and seminars can be expensive for your company.

Can Create Low Morale

The employees who implement changes in real-time are most affected by it. They can feel a lot of pressure to make it successful and may show resistance due to the added weight. Employees who do not know why the changes are being made may lose their trust and feel demotivated.

Inefficient

During the first few months of implementing changes, employees’ inefficiency is an inevitable outcome. They will spend the most time learning new skills or adapting to the changes to implement the modifications. This can cause a downfall in employees’ productivity or efficiency during these months.

Makes You Vulnerable

With change, you need to redevelop your business systems and processes. When you improve your processes and offerings as part of the change, you may provide an opportunity to your competitors.

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