Profiling Change

The Challenge of Finding Suitable Change Drivers for Change Process

Abstract

One of the most important aspects in Change Processes is finding suitable Change Agents. Today and in the future, it is important to mobilize and to commit them. Selecting and educating suitable key personalities (Change Agents) who personify the required will for change and who are able to endure the infamous Valley of Tears represent a permanent challenge. How can Willingness to Change (Will) and Change Competence (Ability) be identified? The advanced Hartman Value Profile (HVP) is the outstanding procedure among the vast variety of available diagnostic procedures. This proved tool shows how willing and able people are in their organizations to form and change the organization. Based on the profiles of two executives, the article demonstrates that one executive shows a high degree of Change Competence. The other executive essentially shows the potential for being a Change Driver, however, he is hindered from actually applying it due to an unfavorable combination of personal and organizational circumstances. Finally, the authors describe two Change Projects they managed using HVP. The tool considerably contributed to the success of these projects.