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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business

While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change. These factors are often more behavioral — how the management team makes decisions, for example. Consider the remarkable turnaround at Ford.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

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. On July 30, 2014, exactly 13 months after retiring as P&G’s Chairman and CEO, McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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