In your career, you have no doubt experienced organizational change. You may have undergone layoffs, reorgs, seating plan overhauls, new leadership, new policies, new software, company name and logo changes, revisions to mission and vision, and so forth.
You probably have some opinions on how these changes were handled. You might have felt like a passive vessel buffeted by fate, or you might have seen yourself as an informed participant or even co-creator of the change.
Describe an organizational change you’ve experienced. Discuss the impact of the change on you. Was the change handled well? Was it handled poorly? What lessons did you learn, and what would you do if you were spearheading such a change? If a communications professional was not involved, what role could he or she have played? Reflecting on triumphs and disasters past will help you as you work through your communications plan.
