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4 Steps for Making Change Happen

Great Leadership By Dan

My company sold software and resistance to change was our biggest objection. Our clients'' resistance to change was not irrational and it was up to us, not our clients, to manage it. If you can''t or won''t measure results don''t expect sympathy from me or any line manager. But if it crashed the organization, heads rolled.

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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business Review

Following the company’s go-private transaction in October 2013 , Dell put in place new models for strategy development, resource allocation, and performance management. Any deviation from management’s forecast meant failure, regardless of how effectively the strategy was executed. Take Dell Technologies, for example.