Challenges of Change
Managing Transition - "Slow down to speed up"

(by Fiona Ellis, Director - Bath Consultancy Group)

As mergers and acquisitions increase and organisations constantly realign to meet changing business needs, the cost of transition can be too high a price for businesses, teams and individuals.

As we know the dangers from a major reorganisation include:

  • Disruption to business flow
  • Potential loss of productivity
  • Focusing internally instead of externally
  • Ignoring the fact that uncertainty affects everyone at some level
  • Moving fast without any time to reflect / stop / feel

     Download: pdf Managing Transition 293 Kb

 
Integrated Change for a Complex World

Organisations are not predictable; ‘planning' doesn't seem to work any more; even the most respected pathways to success and growth (such as Jack Welsh's ‘GE way') are seen to be flawed. And yet some organisations are finding ways to flourish and succeed in this new environment. What do they know that others don’t ?

Download: pdf Integrated Change for a Complex World 185 Kb

 
Newer Approaches to Change, latest thinking

A presentation on "Changing the metaphor for organisations. From machines to complex adaptive systems".

Download: pdf Approaches to Change 108 Kb

 
Ways of bringing about change - building long-term infrastructure

BCG has been working in the area of Integrated Strategic Change for 20 years, and over that period we have utilised a variety of different approaches to bring about change. This brief document  highlights building long-term infrastructure.

Download: pdf Bringing About Change - Build long term infrastucture 62 Kb

 
Ways of bringing about change - catching the energy / needs / enthusiasm

We strongly believe that only by having a rich and varied portfolio of approaches, and knowing when it is best to utilise each one of them, that the optimum change outcome can be achieved. This brief document highlights catching the energy / needs / enthusiasm.

Download: pdf Bringing About Change - Catching the Energy 70 Kb

 

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