Senior HR and talent leaders are well positioned to lead organizational change initiatives by asking the right questions to avoid "change muck" early in the process based on their understanding of workforce behavior and impact on employee experience.

It’s easy to get excited about rushing the rollout of a new, “shiny” technology implementation, workflow process or employment policy that an organization is finally launching–perhaps after dragging its feet forever–and to do so while forgetting to test it before it is unleashed on the entire workforce. In this article, we’ll cover how to choose the right pilot team, why you should communicate a pilot’s purpose, and how to engage pilot team members in a successful test before launching your internal change initiative to the entire organization.

It was a chilly evening – under a blanket on the bleachers – with a familiar scene in front of me. My son’s high school marching band was rehearsing a segment of their show for probably the 20th time that night during a 3-hour practice. Once a week, band enthusiasts in our community are invited to watch the show to see how it has evolved since the previous week.