EQUIVANT CORRECTIONS
Services: Change Management
Correctional facilities are facing constant change—whether due to staffing, technology, restructuring, or shifts in the political landscape. Successfully navigating these changes presents complex challenges, especially when long-standing processes, procedures, and practices are deeply embedded into daily operations. Whether you’re looking to update systems, methods, or technologies, change is often met with resistance. Staff often have a strong attachment to “the way things have always been done,” making forward progress painful. Our Change Management service combines strategic insights, customized tools, and hands-on support to ensure successful and sustainable transitions—all while minimizing operational disruptions. With equivant Corrections’ Change Management service, you can navigate the complexities of change with confidence, creating a safer, more efficient, and adaptable environment.
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How it works
Our team of former practitioners will come on-site for three days to create a customized, comprehensive change management strategy for your facility. This includes:
- Information: Meeting with senior staff including Sheriffs, Jail Administrators, Senior Command Staff Leaders, and any Project Managers or other staff involved in implementing change initiatives or planning significant transitions.
- Education and Training: One day of educational instruction on the ADKAR (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, Reinforcement) change model.
- Executive Coaching: Coaching executive staff on how to garner momentum and create buy-in around the change.
- Resistance Management: Identifying sources of resistance and gaining tools to manage and minimize pushback.
- Communication Planning: Developing effective communication plans to ensure alignment and support throughout the organization.
- Risk Mitigation: Understanding how to minimize operational risks during change efforts and transitions.
- Implementation: Creating and guiding staff through the change implementation plan.
- Ongoing Support: Four, 1-hour weekly check-in calls post-visit to assess how the plan is progressing.
What You Get
We understand that successful change is not just about new policies or procedures, but about people. With equivant Corrections’ Change Management service, you receive an actionable change management plan, tailored to address the unique dynamics of your correctional environment, focusing on:
- Overcoming Resistance to Change: We help bridge the gap between leadership’s vision for improvement and staff’s comfort with existing methods, fostering open communication and understanding.
- Building Buy-In: By engaging staff at every level, we aim to create a shared sense of ownership in the process, transforming skepticism into support and motivation.
- Implementing Sustainable Change: Our strategies are designed to integrate seamlessly with your facility’s operations, ensuring that new practices are sustained over time.
- Accountability and Long-Term Success: Change is not a one-time event; it’s an ongoing process. With weekly check-ins and a plan to train staff and leaders, you are equipped with tools to manage future changes effectively.
Your Investment
A three-day on-site engagement, resulting in a customized change management plan and implementation strategy uniquely tailored to your facility’s challenges is priced at $10,000.
Our staff of former practitioners and corrections experts work side-by-side with you to address current or upcoming changes head-on so you understand the ADKAR change model and how to guide your team through successful, sustainable transitions to improve your facility.
Ready to create an actionable plan to navigate change now and in the future?
