Designing a high-performing comms team at Rio Tinto: An Interview with Jess Lonsdale - Kademy - chunk 13

better plan, control messages and organise campaigns. It’s great to have someone with an almost bird’s-eye view of what is going on in the team. At our roundtable, you mentioned that the hard work often starts when you have the new structure down on paper. Can you tell us more? When navigating a team redesign it’s critical not to overlook or downplay the fact that you are dealing with people. Change is uncertain and overwhelming for many of us and simply having a new structure doesn’t mean that behaviours change automatically.