Change Starts Here

JUNE 3, 2014

And notice the number is based on the opinion of executives, and not an actual study tracking projects over time to see if they actually achieved their goals. The 2008 “ Making Change Work ” study by IBM shares a survey of more than 1500 change practitioners, in which they found that 41% of projects met their objectives.

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Kotter Champy Hammer Short-term 143

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

When a change project falls a day behind schedule, if leaders and employees believe that successful change is an unlikely outcome, they will regard this momentary setback as the dead canary in the coalmine of their change initiative. In organizational change initiatives, our negative biases can create a toxic self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Champy Hammer McKinsey Participative 8

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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