The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In their frantic rush to implement the latest change program, many organizations have essentially said to their project teams, “don’t just sit there; improve something.” Line Management Led. Stand-Alone Projects/Programs. Reactive Management, and Search for Guilty/Weaknesses. Experts/Specialist Led.

Agility 124

Agility Organization Root Cause Analysis Letter 124

The Practical Leader

JUNE 14, 2023

Fad surfing in the C-suite often leads to dunking trainees in the training tank , slogans, improvement projects, marketing campaigns, motivational programs, educational fix-them efforts, etc. The main cause of those failures is a partial and piecemeal effort.

Root Cause Analysis 52

Root Cause Analysis Mission Statement Travel Restructuring 52

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

When your project shows signs of trouble, go basic first. Having been a consultant/leader with a Big 4 firm, my project experience is extensive and varied. Project work sometimes got complicated, and we’d have to resort to heroic measures to finish. Sometimes people got burned out, but we delivered. How did I figure this out?

Project 28

Project Deming Root Cause Analysis RACI 28

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

One area so far relatively untouched is change management. The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. A big obstacle is the change management profession itself (of which we are all proud members).

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In a 2013 Management Research Group survey , when executives were asked to select the leadership behaviors that were most critical to their organization’s future success, 97% of the time they chose being strategic. Every organization needs strategic thinkers.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Root Cause Analysis Tactics Industry 8