Executing Your Business Transformation : How to Engage Sweeping Change Without Killing Yourself or Your Business.
Title:
Executing Your Business Transformation : How to Engage Sweeping Change Without Killing Yourself or Your Business.
Author:
Morgan, Mark.
ISBN:
9780470588406
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (291 pages)
Contents:
Executing Your Business Transformation: How to Engage Sweeping Change Without Killing Yourself or Your Business -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Transformation Challenge -- Chapter 1: ONCE UPON A TIME IN TRANSFORMATION -- American Power Conversion -- ALLDATA -- Monsanto -- A123 Systems -- Summary -- Chapter 2: WHAT GOT YOU HERE MAY KILL YOU THERE -- Misery Loves Company -- Causes -- Ambidexterity and the Challenge of Fundamental Change -- Tune In to What Made You Successful (If You Can Figure That Out) -- Eliminate the Pathology of "Do It All" -- Unravel the Metrics -- Make the Whole Investment -- Summary -- Chapter 3: YESTERDAY'S LEADERSHIP SKILLS MAY PREVENT TOMORROW'S SUCCESS -- Leadership Lessons -- Leadership Diagnostics -- Summary -- Chapter 4: THERE IS NO STRATEGY IF NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO -- A Case in Point -- Lessons in Strategy Communication -- Summary -- Chapter 5: TRANSFORMING STRATEGY REQUIRES MORE THAN EXPENSIVE SOFTWARE -- Educate the Executive Team on Portfolio Management -- Think "Just Enough" to Prevent Overkill -- Integrate Portfolio Management and Business Process Flow -- Get Clear on the Real Drivers Behind the Business -- Link Projects to Goals -- Take Decision Making Beyond ROI -- Develop Decision-Making Expertise -- Create a Neutral Third Party -- Summary -- Chapter 6: TRANSFORM HUMAN RESOURCES INTO A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE -- Develop HR in Two Stages -- Stage One: Filling the HR Gap -- Stage Two: Building HR Strength in the Long Term -- Summary -- Chapter 7: YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT, EXCEPT WHEN THEY AREN'T -- Customers in Transformation -- What to Do to "Get It Right" -- Transformation Changes What Is "Right" -- Summary -- Chapter 8: DON'T LET ANALYSTS RUN YOUR BUSINESS -- An Example Relationship -- GENCO Learns to Manage the Analysts -- Putting the Idea to Work -- Summary.
Chapter 9: MERGER IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD -- Lesson 1: Deals Come First, Cleanup Comes Second (Unfortunately) -- Lesson 2: Connect the Dots Between Mergers and Transformation -- Lesson 3: Watch Out for Synergies -- Lesson 4: Compare the DNA of the Two Organizations Being Merged -- Lesson 5: Don't Change That Which You Do Not Understand -- Lesson 6: Deal with Free Radicals Head-On -- Summary -- Chapter 10: WHO MELTED MY CHEESE? -- Actively Engage with People -- Cultivate a New Identity and Purpose -- Create a Detailed Integration Plan for Teams to Rally Around -- Go Fast -- Move On or Move Out -- Communicate Like Crazy -- Think of Mergers as Blended Families -- Summary -- Chapter 11: SPIN IS OVERRATED FOR CREATING VALUE -- Candor-the Antidote for Caveat Emptor -- Recognize the Symptoms -- Understand the Damage -- Lead by Example -- Think Long Term -- Aggressively Eradicate Spin Sources -- Summary -- Chapter 12: CONSULTANTS ARE NOT AN EXCUSE FOR NOT KNOWING YOUR BUSINESS -- Today's Common Consulting Model -- And Your Point Is...? -- What the Consultant Model Should Be -- Today's Common Company Model -- The Should-Be Model for Companies -- Summary -- CONCLUSION -- Beyond the Story Line -- Core -- Context -- Capability -- Competency -- Capacity -- Culture -- Customer -- A Transformation Model -- How the OTF Relates to the Lessons -- Lead Change Using a Road Map -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Index.
Abstract:
Practical, tested, implementable real-world advice for transforming any business and is written by people that have "been there and done that". Changing an organization is tough. Transformation is hard work that should not be attempted by the faint of heart or the weak of mind. But transformation is not rocket science either. By taking a realistic, simple and direct view of what is required to transform an enterprise, the authors reduce the noise and nonsense that surrounds much of the discussion of transformation and provide straight forward lessons, examples and thought provoking questions to guide the reader to a more powerful position as an agent of change. Based on the authors' decades of experience dealing with major business transformation, this book provides valuable guidance for any company engaged in large scale change brought on by shifts in the competitive landscape, mergers, acquisitions, or a major restructuring of their business model. Many organizations undergo transformation with lots of enthusiasm, but are frustrated with the results. This book contains a set of lessons gained in the process of working in and with organizations in the process of transformation. The book starts out by framing transformation and explains the overall system the enterprise that is involved in transformation. By doing so, clarity is brought to the question of why change is so difficult and problematic. What you can expect to get by reading this book is: A way of looking at transformation that is comprehensive and yet manageable without all the buzzword bingo terminology 11 critical lessons taken from the author's broad experience on a broad range of topics that you can leverage in your situation To get some thought provoking insight from 10 key questions for each lesson that you can use to apply the lessons to your organization A comprehensive
framework for leading transformation that will challenge your thinking and provide a path forward to taking immediate action With rare insight and candor, the authors provide thoughtful advice backed by examples from their comprehensive experience. If you don't like transformation, you are going to hate irrelevance. This book is your best bet for getting the insight you need to transform your organization before it becomes irrelevant.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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