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Based on the book High-Impact Consulting, this article describes how a strategic consultant can help to effect real change in organizations.
More than one-third of acquisitions fail to meet their goals. This article describes how to beat the odds by focusing on acquisition integration, and improving management practices at every stage of the process.
Thousands of companies every year acquire other companies, or are acquired themselves. This article argues that it should be viewed as a manageable process that can be codified and improved over time.
A personal account of succession planning in a unique and innovative consulting firm, with consideration of identity, governance, and financial issues.
This article shows re-engineering is not always the answer-and can even exacerbate underlying problems.
By concentrating on results in one area and using initial success to expand into other processes, results-driven process redesign proves to be an effective mechanism for implementing organizational change.
Focused on the electrical utility industry.
An executive summary of the book, The Boundaryless Organization.
This article traces forty years of organizational fads that failed to deliver the promised results. TRW and SmithKline Beecham illustrate how leaders can drive change by starting with results instead of programs.