Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

James Champy and Nitin Nohria cautioned us not to assume that no one else on the premises can match our own ambition, competence, and vision. Phil Nolan, CEO of Eircom Limited, described it this way in A Time for Leadership , “The concept of distributed leadership will keep you in touch with the environment.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

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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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

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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