Executing your business transformation how to engage sweeping change without killing yourself or your business /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors / Creators:Morgan, Mark, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010.
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Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The transformation challenge
  • 1. Once Upon a Time In Transformation
  • Profiles of selected companies in transformation
  • 2. What Got You Here May Kill You There
  • Letting go of legacy success in order to prosper in the future
  • 3. Yesterday's Leadership Skills May Prevent Tomorrow's Success
  • Aligning leadership with transformation
  • 4. There Is No Strategy If Nobody Knows What to Do
  • Translating strategy into action moving forward
  • 5. Transforming Strategy Requires More Than Expensive Software
  • How to keep from being a fool with a tool
  • 6. Transform Human Resources into a Strategic Advantage
  • How to engage HR at a strategic level
  • 7. Your Customers Are Always Right, Except When They Aren't
  • Doing what is right for customers even when it is not what they asked for
  • 8. Don't Let Analysts Run Your Business
  • Pleasing the street is not always what it's cracked up to be
  • 9. Merger Is Not a Four-Letter Word
  • How to reduce the risk of value loss in merging companies
  • 10. Who Melted My Cheese?
  • How to deal with the mixture of two different recipes for success
  • 11. Spin Is Overrated for Creating Value
  • Replacing rhetoric with real communication
  • 12. Consultants Are Not an Excuse for Not Knowing Your Business
  • How to engage professional services for maximum return
  • Conclusion
  • Next steps in creating better models and methods to transform organizations
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Index