SIX BATTERIES OF CHANGE – P. de Prins, G. Letens, K. Verweire

Effective change is all about managing energy!

• Six Batteries of Change articulate six sources of energy that are key to successful change and transformation in organisations
• Starting point of this change model is that effective transformation is about managing organisational energy
• Organizational energy can be defined as “The extent to which an organization has mobilized its collective emotional, cognitive and behavioral potential to pursue its goals”
• When your batteries are fully charged, your organization will be generating enough energy to deal with change effectively. If, on the other hand, your batteries are running on empty, any change you initiate will be expensive, time consuming and short-lived 

Sustainable Change of an organization 

Why do we want to start using the model? 

• We are facing constant change and need to look from an integrated approach to embed all the changes
• It integrates different perspectives; the model empathises the importance of individual change but also provides strategy elements that allows you to look form organisational perspective
• As management team to own, manage and prepare the organisation for continuous change
• Six batteries of change identify the levers that deserve attention to improve your organization’s change success rate significantly
• It’s a management tool (not a monitoring tool) to deal with continuous change and managing organisational energy 

When to use the model of 6 Batteries of Change? Context to use the model of ‘6 Batteries of Change’ 

• Scan the extent to which your organisation and people have the energy (or will need the energy) to successfully deal with continuous change
• Scan the extent to which your organization and people have the energy to successfully implement a ‘big’ change program (or big programs within a total portfolio of continuous change