Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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Change Management Data Company Management 28

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Tell the stories at company events and recognize middle and front-line leaders who are looking ahead and identifying opportunities. Seek out what’s not working: The old adage says that bad news doesn’t travel up. Nothing breeds success like success. Show that the status quo is not enough anymore.

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Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 53

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In fact, she logged nearly 200,000 miles that first year as she traveled to each site to share the strategy and reignite enthusiasm about the future of Xerox. What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. “Defection slowed to a trickle.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround How To Survey Enterprise 28

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

The list includes a health care company that was once near bankruptcy (DaVita), a software firm whose stock price stagnated for a decade (Microsoft), a travel website that faced overwhelming competition (Priceline), a food giant that seemed to lose its focus (Danone), and a steel company that faced new pressure from lower-cost rivals (ThyssenKrupp).

Methodologies 52

Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 52

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

They came up with incredible solutions in change management and supporting tools for the human resources side of marketing and sales. Travel & Transportation. In 1987, ZS was employed by a large U.S. corporation to reorganize, redesign, and reallocate U.S. sales force teams. It was the mother of all projects. Communications.

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

None of these conditions exists in extreme events such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, major military battles — or large-scale business turnarounds. The variability and unpredictability of events are too high for rigid directives.

Turnaround 38

Turnaround Agile Operations System 38

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

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System Change Management Healthcare Government 29