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Overcoming Obstacles in Process-Based Management

Explore the challenges and strategies of implementing effective process-based management with insights on mindset, continuous improvement, and the importance of delivering proven business benefits.

2025-04-28 00:50:14

A new blog post of Roger Tregear was published on Apr 28, 2025 with the original title:

Breaking through – achieving serious process management

Overview:

This article explores the challenges of implementing process-based management in organizations. It identifies six key obstacles and emphasizes the importance of mindset, delivering business benefits, and treating process management as an ongoing philosophy rather than a project.

Core content:

  • Process-based management is essential for delivering value across organizational functions but is not universally practiced due to various obstacles.
  • Key challenges include maintaining a compelling reason for ongoing commitment and fostering a process-oriented mindset among all stakeholders.
  • Organizations must focus on delivering proven, valued business benefits to ensure effective process management and improvement.
  • A central process support team must enhance capability across the organization, not create bottlenecks in process management.
  • Successful process management requires prioritization and thoughtful decision-making, focusing on the right processes to optimize organizational performance.

Learnings:

  • Readers will learn how to establish a mindset conducive to process-based management, focusing on both tools and cultural readiness.
  • The importance of clearly articulating the reasons for process adoption to overcome resistance and maintain momentum in initiatives.
  • Proven benefits must be demonstrated and valued by the business to achieve sustainable improvements in process performance.
  • Organizations should frame process management as an ongoing philosophy rather than a temporary project, ensuring continuous improvement.
  • Effective process management involves strategic prioritization, enabling efficient allocation of resources to improve specific processes.

The original content was published in English.

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