Article Change Management Management Turnaround 
Harvard Business
JULY 2, 2018
Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 17, 2016
The more your change effort disrupts those things, the more people will resist or even rage against it. In a PWC survey of more than 2,000 global executives, managers, and employees, only 54% of respondents said their change initiatives succeeded — and the most frequently cited problem (by 65% of those surveyed) was change fatigue.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 24, 2016
The pattern is clear, and diligent leaders often devote countless resources to planning out the perfect change management initiative. During times of disruptive change, all sorts of feelings are heightened — loss of control, the interruption of power, fear of failure.
Harvard Business
MARCH 12, 2018
But when some CEOs in this position look at the people they employ, they discover a problem: a swath of their existing team doesn’t have the necessary skills or metabolism for change to meet the new challenges. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example.
Harvard Business
MARCH 13, 2017
Organizations waste too much time - see how Bain helps them manage it like money in this 10-minute video slide deck. While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change. Consider the remarkable turnaround at Ford. Related Video.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do it, who to listen to, and how to manage critics along the way? Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 22, 2016
Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. Measure performance carefully and manage with an eye on what’s most important to customers.
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