Why do change programmes fail

Brilliant strategies and good intentions fail, because there are flaws in the way people are involved. Here are 8 reasons why change programmes often fail:
1. The benefits of change are not explained
2. Individuals are not engaged or involved in the change process - it is done to them
3. Communication is formal and one-way: we will tell you when we know something
4. 'What's in it for me' is not addressed
5. There are few tools and processes to help create a momentum from the 'old' way of doing things to the 'new'
6. Everyone looks busy, attends meetings and keeps their head-down, until 'them upstairs' provide an unequivocal, definitive statement of what change will actually mean
7. A high degree of inertia as 'finger-pointing' goes on: when will the Executive team provide us with any clear direction? In turn the Executive team scratch their heads and point their fingers at employees wondering, when will they use their initiative.
8. Change is explained from a strategy and structural point, but not from a behavioural perspective - ie what does it mean I have to do differently.