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Stop Using the Excuse “Organizational Change Is Hard”

Harvard Business Review

Most experts, for example, state that 70% of change efforts fail, but a 2011 study in the Journal of Change Management , led by the University of Brighton researcher Mark Hughes found that there is no empirical evidence to support this statistic. The insidious myth that change initiatives usually fail is disturbingly widespread.

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The Soft Things that Make Mergers Hard

Harvard Business Review

As Jim Champy says of major organization change, "One of the things I always look for is the appetite for change. Conversely, slower-paced teams may feel an unfamiliar sense of urgency, a push to deliver before projects are complete when cast into a fast-paced environment. Is there an appreciation for the need for change?

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