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  • 1.  What about Tariffs?

    Posted 2025-04-09 08:46

    Being current with today's issues, what impacts do you anticipate for your projects by the reciprocal tariff war?  Any Impacts to Budgets or Personnel?  Are any transformational efforts being stopped or paused?  DO you anticipate any significant changes in direction?  Are you planning ahead for these risks?



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    Frank Gorman, Former ACMP Board Member, Transformation Consultant
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  • 2.  RE: What about Tariffs?

    Posted 2025-04-14 10:18

    Hi Frank,

    Thank you for raising such an important and timely topic. I believe this has the potential to significantly impact both budgets and personnel planning. While I haven't personally encountered any major changes yet, I also haven't seen much information shared so far.

    It would be helpful for us all to build awareness around this. If anyone has already experienced this pause or has started planning for it, I'd really appreciate shared insights. That kind of knowledge-sharing could help us all prepare more effectively.

    Thanks again for bringing attention to such a critical issue in today's environment.



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    Tammie Ray
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  • 3.  RE: What about Tariffs?

    Posted 2025-04-16 09:18

    It is hard to predict the impact.  Things like mergers and acquisitions would seem to be at high risk.  Everyone should have tariff impact in their risk register.  The problem that we, the Change Agents, will have is that we will be out of the loop on these decisions for the most part.  Some of our work may be backing out.  Certainly, there will be budgetary impacts which will impact staffing.



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    Frank Gorman, Former ACMP Board Member, Transformation Consultant
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  • 4.  RE: What about Tariffs?

    Posted 2025-04-16 17:40
    Edited by Tammie Ray 2025-04-16 17:40

    Hi Frank,

    You raise a critical point-tariff impacts are difficult to predict. Change is often brought in too late to influence key decisions, which limits our ability to assess and manage downstream impacts effectively. Unless you have the lens that Amanda shared. 

    Budget constraints will undoubtedly affect project scope, staffing, and timelines. It reinforces the need for earlier engagement. 

    Thank you again for raising awareness to a relevant topic. 



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    Tammie Ray
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  • 5.  RE: What about Tariffs?

    Posted 2025-04-16 10:12

    Hi @Frank Gorman and thank you for raising this. It is timely and it is also structural.

    In another thread, I reflected on how tariff dynamics are not just economic events but stress tests for strategy. They expose what leadership models were built for: control in predictable conditions, not coherence under constraint.

    What I am noticing now is less about overt project shutdowns and more about what I would call leadership posture drift. When tariffs introduce volatility, many leaders instinctively tighten their grip: pausing investments, deferring decisions, retreating into silence. That drift often happens before budgets are officially impacted and that is where our role as change leaders becomes essential.

    We may not be at the decision-making table for trade policy, but we are on the frontlines of organizational response.

    So perhaps the real risk is what stays off the risk register because it is harder to name: fear, ambiguity, and what I call identity whiplash when previously stable markets become political battlegrounds.

    This moment calls us to stretch beyond scenario planning and move to emergence capacity. Less "change management" in the traditional sense, more change sensing and real-time coherence building.

    Frank, thank you for calling us to look beyond headlines and into the undercurrent.



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    Didier Huber
    Didier Huber Coaching & Consulting
    From Personal Mastery to Collective Success
    513.307.3307 | didier@didierhuber.com didierhuber.com
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  • 6.  RE: What about Tariffs?

    Posted 2025-04-16 11:27

    This has been a major topic at my company. We are doing education with our sales teams so they can help explain the price increases to our customers. It's impacting budgeting and personnel as well as adding scope to some of our inflight projects (Canadian sales tax, disclaimers on invoices, credit card surcharges, etc.). Nothing has stopped yet, but I anticipate some planned efforts for the second half of the year will push into 2026 due to budget and resource constraints. 

    This is a time where we can show our relevance to be at the table when these issues are being discussed. The cross-portfolio integration aspect of my role has become more important. I am one of few resources with a view into the full portfolio. I've been able to make connections between projects so they can save time by eliminating duplication of work across development teams. I've also worked the impact into the assessments and tactics on the execution side of change. Every change is now being evaluated through the lens of impact on top of tariffs and I'm including the tariff questions in FAQs, etc. 



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    Amanda Schmoldt
    ACMP Board of Directors
    aschmoldt@acmpglobal.org
    https://calendly.com/aschmoldtacmp
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  • 7.  RE: What about Tariffs?

    Posted 2025-04-16 17:33

    Hi Amanda,

    Thanks for sharing. I have some people outside of my company seeing similar effects from pricing shifts, especially around forecasting and change prioritization. 

    I love how you're leveraging your cross-portfolio view to streamline efforts and reduce duplication-that kind of strategic integration is invaluable right now.

    Your point about this being a moment to demonstrate relevance is spot on. It's a powerful when we connect the dots between change initiatives and business impact (like tariffs), we elevate the role as essential partners.

    I like the approach including tariff considerations in your change assessments and FAQs is a great example of business context into the people side of change.

    Curious-how has your messaging or change approach evolved as you've had to incorporate these new layers of complexity? Have you found any specific language that resonate particularly well when explaining this to different stakeholder groups?

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. 



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    Tammie Ray
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