The implementation of strategic initiatives requires organizational change. No change occurs in isolation. Whether big, small, positive, or negative change, it will be confronted with resistance. We have learned that implementation of any initiative occurs in the context of all the lessons learned from previous changes and a key factor predicting the likelihood of future implementation success is the pattern of implementation result achieved during previous projects. As such, to increase your probability of a successful, you will want to understand what has worked well and what has not in the past. During this session, we will review the elements of an implementation history assessment (i.e., structure, organizational stress, sponsorship, readiness, culture fit, capacity, reinforcement, communication, involvement, and personal belief). Conducting this assessment will allow you to identify specific barriers which must be eliminated or reduced to increase the probability of success.