Insights on Implementation

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How to implement and sustain organizational change
– The fundamentals of change implementation are crucial for not only top-level executives but also frontline managers who are involved... in the day-to-day work.
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How the implementation of organizational change is evolving
– Digital solutions pose new and unique challenges to the implementation of major change efforts. But the capabilities that support... better outcomes remain as critical as ever, a new survey shows.

Transformations

Podcast - McKinsey Quarterly

Disruption, friction, and change: The hallmarks of a true transformation
– A company transformation is a holistic, top-priority endeavor that requires aggressive focus from the management team to reach the full potential of a business.
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A roadmap for a digital transformation
– No insurance company has yet completed a digital transformation—one that fully harnesses the power of digital technology to rethink every aspect of the organization. But a number of carriers are making remarkable progress, indicating the direction others should take.
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Keeping transformations on target
– Analysis of high-stakes transformations reveals a few pragmatic lessons that increase the odds of meeting the organization’s objectives.
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Sustaining the momentum of a transformation
– Five elements can keep bad habits from reasserting themselves.

Capability Building

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Bringing out the best in people
– Providing good service has never been easy. Meeting rising customer expectations requires companies focus on building the capabilities... their people need to make full use of their talents.
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Experiential learning: What’s missing in most change programs
– Successful transformations demand new capabilities. To build them, experiential learning leverages the intimate link between knowledge... and experience.

Change Management

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Changing change management
– Research tells us that most change efforts fail. Yet change methodologies are stuck in a predigital era. It’s high time... to start catching up.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly

The four building blocks of change
– Four key actions influence employee mind-sets and behavior. Here’s why they matter.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly

The irrational side of change management
– Most change programs fail, but the odds of success can be greatly improved by taking into account these counterintuitive insights... about how employees interpret their environment and choose to act.

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How to implement transformations for long-term impact
– When it comes to implementing large-scale organizational change, the most successful organizations commit themselves fully to... the effort from start to finish.
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What’s your superpower? How companies can build an institutional capability to achieve competitive advantage
– One capability often sets leading companies apart from the rest. Here’s how to build yours.
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Executive quick take: A guide to implementing marketing-and-sales transformations that unlock sustainable growth
– Above-market growth in today’s competitive environment means becoming more flexible and agile and adopting multiple marketing... strategies.
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Continuous improvement—make good management every leader’s daily habit
– Continuous improvement at scale—across a whole enterprise—requires management discipline at scale. At a few organizations,... digital innovation is helping managers make a daily habit of good discipline.
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Sales support: How to get it just right
– The “Goldilocks quandary” of sales support: What level is just right to drive the most sales and growth?
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Digital transformation: Raising supply-chain performance to new levels
– Combining digital applications with operational changes helps yield significant performance improvements that stand the test of... time.

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