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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

To perform and thrive, you have to be able to adapt to an ever changing environment. If you resist and defy change, your company is not long for this world. Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

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).

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business

After the toppling of Dictator Ben Ali in January 2011, whose stifling reign lasted nearly a quarter century, the country faced a rocky start to a new ruling order. Yet I didn’t want to turn down such an honor over the phone, so I traveled from Paris to Tunis to meet Prime Minister Jomaa. How could I refuse?

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The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

Harvard Business

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? This was a $1.2

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