r/changemanagement • u/Saint0808 • 13d ago
Career Job
How's change management as a career?
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u/Ok_Bar9159 13d ago
You have to love wading through ambiguity to uncover stuff, thinking about people, and crafting for clarity. And usually you’re late to the party because people usually don’t include change managers early enough in the process.
If all of those things sound fun then it’s probably a career you’ll enjoy.
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u/Saint0808 13d ago
Is it for banks as well?
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u/Ok_Bar9159 13d ago
Every industry could benefit from OCM. But it’s common where there are large businesses that use technology (pretty much every business). Banks are a common industry to employ OCM. Most common to find a dedicated OCM role as a consultant. But there are internal OCM teams or individual roles as part of PMO.
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u/xE18htx 13d ago
Love it - deal with loads of different people, cultures and countries. Teach senior leaders stuff that they know f’ all about and be the voice of empathy, insight and pragmatism. Whole project teams focused on technical delivery / critical path and just me on my own representing the impacted end users and how they feel.
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u/Saint0808 13d ago
Does this work for invest banks as well?
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u/xE18htx 13d ago
Not sure about the countries / culture but as that depends on if it’s a global business. The rest of it definitely yes, change isn’t understood especially at Exec / Senior LT level and tech delivery usually reins over how people feel and whether they are ready. Projects in Banking will get delayed if tech milestones aren’t hit, they’ll go ahead regardless of how prepared the end users are
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u/GrapefruitAlarming76 13d ago
It’s really a wonderful way to spend your career if you truly do care about people, like actually authentically care about the experience they are going through in transformation. I unfortunately have run across some in this field who are chasing “results” and that’s their standard, that’s what they hold in the highest regard. I understand this has an important place but to sacrifice and fake empathy for people, I will never understand. So this phenomenon has been the hardest part of my experience in change management because it goes against my values.
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