Leading Corporate Transformation

"A need for holism leads to the fourth critical attribute of successful corporate transformations: they are embedded in a comprehensive implementation process."

"There can be no major change in a complex organization unless there are both sufficient resources and substantial readiness."

"Not only must the leaders articulate these elements of expected business results and process, but they must take every opportunity, no matter how trivial, to demonstrate these attributes in everything they do."

"With encouragement and practice and with consistent role modeling from above, most people become committed to the transformation agenda."

"An effective vision not only helps a corporation transform itself; it also enables the enterprise to transform its competitive situation."

"A business success model is both an articulation of strategic intent and a projection of business results for the enterprise as a whole."

"The total-system perspective reminds us that it is critical to make simultaneous changes across all dimensions of the organization during a corporate transformation process."

"Identify the major gaps on each design element, between the current and vision states of the organization."

"Thus, fundamental structural change almost always serves as a lead element in the redesign of the internal context of the organization as it comes into alignment with the new vision."

"A more profound and direct intervention into the cultural elements of the organization is vital to the success of corporate transformations."

"Communication and feedback mechanisms must support the transformation effort."

"Managers with firsthand knowledge of the basic businesses and functions become directly involved in the process of dialogue and decision making about the corporate transformation."

"All of the elements of the transformation process architecture are critical to the success of a major change effort."