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Inside Microsoft Teams, Episode 402: “Change Management for Microsoft Teams”

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Thanks to all the viewers who joined us on August 26th featuring Brian Hash, Senior Organizational Development Consultant, Cargill Inc! If you missed the episode, you can catch it, and previous episodes, here: aka.ms/InsideMSTeams.

 

During the webcast, Brian and I had a great conversation about change management as we both get a lot of questions on how to get team members in an organization to really adopt and use any deployment. We discussed what exactly is change management, how do you convince leaders, how to understand users, and why users may be resistant to change, as well as the steps to manage fear and distrust. We also shared some best practices and resources that we thought would be most beneficial for all of you.

 

Some key takeaways from our conversation:

One of the key things Brian shared was an example of a readiness assessment template to help determine how ready your team is for Microsoft Teams. For all those who asked for the link, here you go: readiness assessment template here.

 

Finally, I want to make sure you get Brian’s recommended readings on change management:

 

Make sure to join us for Episode 403 as I welcome Laurie Pottmeyer, Microsoft Teams Senior PM, as co-host on September 29th on National Coffee Day, starting at 10am PST. We’ll be introducing five of our outstanding global Microsoft Teams’ MVPs, who will be sharing their favorite tips & tricks, for an episode called, “Microsoft Teams' Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) – Learn from the experts.”


As always, we would love your comments, questions, and suggestions for the show.


Until next time,
Stephen Rose
Host of Inside Microsoft Teams
aka.ms/InsideMSTeams

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