Tag: Change Management
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Effective Companies and the Law of the Harvest
The desire to increase productivity and efficiency often leads companies to seek out and test different technologies and tools. Thus, they try out, not always successfully, Process Reengineering, ISO 9001, Potential Assessments, Executive Coaching, Lean, TPM, and so on. Clearly, all these tools are valid, but they are just that: “tools.” And for…
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Reengineering: Rapid Changes
Reengineering is the rapid and radical redesign of strategic value-added processes. It's a technology that, when applied correctly, studies all organizational processes to see if they contribute to satisfying perceived customer value. Processes that add value are improved; those that don't are eliminated. The goal is improvement…
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Why do transformation efforts fail?
The change process unfolds through a series of phases that usually require considerable time. Skipping steps only creates the illusion of speed and never produces satisfactory results. Mistakes at any stage can have a devastating impact. ERROR #1: Failing to establish a sufficiently strong sense of urgency. Almost all…