Rapid Results!

Rapid Results! shows how to make large-scale changes succeed by using 100-day results-producing projects to develop this vital implementation capability. Written by Robert H. Schaffer, Ronald N. Ashkenas, and their associates leaders in the field of change management Rapid Results! describes an approach that has been field-tested by real organizations of every size and description to improve performance and speed the pace of change. Rapid results projects produce results quickly, introduce new work patterns, and enable participants to learn a variety of lessons about managing change. Step by step, the book describes how the use of rapid-cycle, or 100-day, projects will multiply your organization s power to succeed at large-scale change. Schaffer and Ashkenas specifically outline the concept behind 100-day projects and show you how to Set up the architecture to implement rapid results projects Improve operational performance and also attain hard results in the soft areas of management Build rapid results into major organizational change such as reorganization, acquisition integration, and international development Use rapid results to drive leadership development and culture change

Autorentext

Robert H. Schaffer is the founder and Ronald N. Ashkenas is a managing partner of Robert H. Schaffer & Associates in Stamford, Connecticut. Schaffer is the author of The Breakthrough Strategy and High-Impact Consulting. Ashkenas is a coach to CEOs and speaker on organizational transformation. He is the coauthor of The Boundaryless Organization and The GE Work-Out. The authors can be reached at info@rhsa.com.

Klappentext

In the race to be more competitive, today's leaders know that the right answer is right only if the organization can make it work. Without implementation capacity at every levelfrom the grass roots on uplarge-scale changes and innovations have little chance for success.

Rapid Results! shows how to make large-scale changes succeed by using 100-day results-producing projects to develop this vital implementation capability. Written by Robert H. Schaffer, Ronald N. Ashkenas, and their associatesleaders in the field of change managementRapid Results! describes an approach that has been field-tested by real organizations of every size and description to improve performance and speed the pace of change.

Rapid results projects produce results quickly, introduce new work patterns, and enable participants to learn a variety of lessons about managing change. Step by step, the book describes how the use of rapid-cycle, or 100-day, projects will multiply your organization's power to succeed at large-scale change. Schaffer and Ashkenas specifically outline the concept behind 100-day projects and show you how to:

• Set up the architecture to implement rapid results projects
• Improve operational performance and also attain hard results in the soft areas of management
• Build rapid results into major organizational change such as reorganization, acquisition integration, and international development
• Use rapid results to drive leadership development and culture change Each rapid result project tests innovations and builds the capability of individuals and the organization as a whole. Once in place, this process will help your organization develop the fundamental capacity to achieve the longest-term and most far-reaching gains. Imagine; with rapid results projects you can experience the immediate gratification of results while also opening the doors to long-term success!

Zusammenfassung

Rapid Results! shows how to make large-scale changes succeed by using 100-day results-producing projects to develop this vital implementation capability. Written by Robert H. Schaffer, Ronald N. Ashkenas, and their associatesleaders in the field of change managementRapid Results! describes an approach that has been field-tested by real organizations of every size and description to improve performance and speed the pace of change.

Rapid results projects produce results quickly, introduce new work patterns, and enable participants to learn a variety of lessons about managing change. Step by step, the book describes how the use of rapid-cycle, or 100-day, projects will multiply your organization's power to succeed at large-scale change. Schaffer and Ashkenas specifically outline the concept behind 100-day projects and show you how to

• Set up the architecture to implement rapid results projects
• Improve operational performance and also attain hard results in the soft areas of management
• Build rapid results into major organizational change such as reorganization, acquisition integration, and international development
• Use rapid results to drive leadership development and culture change

Inhalt

Preface vii

Part One: Implementation Capability: Strengthening the Weakest Link

1. A Thousand Cures: Which One is Right? 3

2. The Potential is There to Respond 17

3. Start with Results, Not Preparations 31

Part Two: Rapid Results: Expanding Implementation Capability

4. Gain Rapid Results on Key Goals 51

5. Mobilize Large Numbers of People in Change 73

6. Build Your Own Unique Transformation Process 97

7. Georgia-Pacific Takes It All the Way 111

Part Three: Using Enhanced Implementation Capability to Execute Large-Scale Change

8. Make Acquisitions and Mergers Succeed 133

9. Unleash Implementation Capacity in Developing Countries 153

10. Spark Strategic Momentum with Rapid Results 173

11. Develop Leaders Through Results Achievement 193

Part Four: Conclusion

12. Challenge for Leaders: You Can Make It Happen! Will You? 213

Notes 231

Acknowledgments 237

The Authors 239

Index 243