Business challenges
01
CRM implemented -- nobody uses it six months later
Go-live came and went. Adoption peaked at 40% and has been declining ever since. The system is technically live but practically unused. The investment is not delivering.
02
Resistance that nobody anticipated
The project team was aligned throughout delivery. End users were not meaningfully consulted. On go-live day the loudest voices declared the system unusable. Adoption never recovered to the level needed to justify the investment.
03
Training that happened once and was forgotten
A half-day training session on go-live day for every user regardless of role. No reinforcement, no role-specific guidance, no reference materials. Ninety days later reps cannot remember how to complete basic tasks.
04
No measurement of actual adoption
The project team reports success by counting training sessions attended and go-live completion. Nobody is measuring whether users are actually adopting the system in their daily workflows -- which is the only measure that matters.
What is included
Identify every group affected by the change -- map their current state, future state impact, likely concerns, influential voices, and the specific interventions needed to move each group from resistance to active adoption.
Deliverables
How it works
Stakeholder analysis
Map every affected group -- their concerns, their influence, and what they need to become advocates rather than passive resistors.
Communication planning
Design the communication strategy that builds awareness and understanding in the weeks before go-live -- not on go-live day.
Role-based training design
Build role-specific training programmes based on what each group needs to do -- not platform feature walkthroughs that cover everything and prepare nobody.
Go-live support
Active on-site or virtual change management support on and immediately after go-live -- addressing issues in real time before they become resistance narratives.
Adoption measurement
Weekly tracking with defined intervention triggers. A 90-day adoption dashboard reviewed with leadership. Interventions implemented before adoption drifts.
Success stories
We had implemented Salesforce twice before. Both times adoption fell below 50% within 6 months. Celumai's change management delivered 91% adoption at 30 days. Twelve months later it is 87%. It was the first time the technology investment actually delivered what was promised.
The role-based training Celumai designed was the first time our front-line teams felt the system had been built for how they actually work. The difference in attitude from previous CRM deployments was visible from the first week.
Healthcare
180% increase in marketing-influenced pipeline
B2B Healthcare Company
Professional Services
300% increase in qualified inbound
CRM Consultancy (60 staff)
Platforms we use for this service
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Stakeholder mapping template, communication plan framework, training needs analysis, and adoption measurement dashboard ready to use on your next implementation.
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