Home topics small-business-resources growing Growing Managing Growing SMBs must change, or be left behind Guest Author January 19, 2012 Change is something that Australian executives and office workers strive for yet find difficult to achieve. New research from Canon has revealed some interesting statistics… While the majority recognise its importance, Australian businesses are not embracing change. Change is a natural occurrence, not only in business, but life in general and it’s how we adapt to that change that is important. Change is often the part that’s either left out, or is an afterthought for most businesses, yet it can be critical to the success of a project. In order to understand the attitudes of business executives and office workers towards change, Canon Australia conducted two research studies to investigate further and look at what it takes to implement successful change in an organisation. The first survey questioned business owners and senior decision-makers responsible for change, the second focused on people within business not responsible for change. The research revealed some interesting insights and disparities into the thinking of business owners and employees across a number of verticals. So why are we not embracing change and what can be done to implement successful change? The importance of embracing change Change is an important priority within pretty much all Australian companies, with 88 percent of senior decision-makers considering it either an ‘extremely high’ or ‘high priority’ within their business. This was echoed among the employee respondents with the majority considering it a