Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Timing is critical for successful organizational change. Deciding where to start with organizational change is often a complex argument about what should come first. What you do first and the sequence of actions that follow can make or break your effort.

Organizational Change 16

Organizational Change Reorganization Manager Change Management 16

Walk Me

JANUARY 29, 2024

The McKinsey 7-S Model serves as a guide for managing organizational change , focusing on the design of a company. Such changes encompass organizational restructuring, implementation of new organizational change processes , mergers, introduction of new systems, or shifts in leadership.

Organizational Change 52

Organizational Change Implementation Change Management Onboarding 52

LSA Global

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Nothing seems to stay the same for long so we’d best get used to change and find better ways to deal with it. Typical Organization Changes We Have Come to Expect. Reorganize the business. Deal with regulatory and market changes. Understand and Prepare for Change – Do not Fight It. Does this sound familiar?

Reorganization 34

Reorganization Organizational Change Change Management Implementation 34

LSA Global

MAY 10, 2019

Leadership changes. Reorganizations and restructures. You’d think by now that leaders would have learned how to handle organizational change well. The majority of change initiatives (up to 70% by most accounts) fail. Why Is Organizational Change So Difficult? Shifts in strategy.

Organizational Change 28

Organizational Change Reorganization Change Management Accounts 28

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even when businesses are doing well, organizational and structural change is to be expected , and acquisitions, reorganizations, or policy changes can affect people’s jobs in ways that create feelings of fear, anger, or sorrow. Each employee wonders, “How will this change affect me?”

Organizational Change 15

Organizational Change Reorganization Operations Manager 15

LSA Global

JUNE 11, 2019

Whether it’s from minor changes like reorganizing your team to more major changes like a merger or acquisition, it is natural for employees to resist the new way. Most employees find a change to the status quo uncomfortable or downright threatening.

Reorganization 28

Reorganization Organizational Change Change Management Manager 28

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

Yet while mergers can offer a tremendous opportunity for expanding a business and creating value, they can be extremely disruptive — and handling the organizational changes of M&A is essential for realizing its benefits. What ensures that M&A-driven reorganizations are successful? We took this question to our data.

Organizational Change 13

Organizational Change Reorganization Benchmarking Implementation 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

Ethical breaches are at their highest during organizational changes that have a material impact on an employee's role or compensation (promotions, reorganizations, and so on). The key to effective compliance, Martin says, is more about the right timing than it is the right amounts of time.

Reorganization 15

Reorganization Compliance Organizational Change Compensation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

So psyched up by the possibilities that the reorganization offers, the leader decides to start the process with a webcast to all staff, telling them about the exciting business opportunities it will open up. Your task will be infinitely simplified if you know why you are reorganizing and if you have an overall plan for the reorg.

Reorganization 14

Reorganization Organizational Development Organizational Change Metrics 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2018

The first study was a survey of 209 employees and their supervisors from a number of organizations that announced organizational change plans (including relocations and business expansions, reorganizations, structural or technical changes, product changes, changes in leadership, and mergers).

Reorganization 15

Reorganization Organizational Change Manager Change Management 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

And yet when it comes to reorganization, they’re the norm. According to one McKinsey study , the success rate for organizational redesign efforts is less than 25%. ” Creating roles that cross organizational boundaries to coordinate with other parts of the organization is also a way to link work.

Reorganization 14

Reorganization Implementation Scaling Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Major organizational changes, covering everything from recruiting and branding to regulatory approvals and marketing, happened in rapid succession, with a hard deadline of 12 months to get it all done for the IPO — and 18 months from the IPO until our full separation from GE.

Manager 15

Manager Diversity Change Management Organizational Change 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2013

Business managers scratch their heads — while insisting on knowing upfront what the pay-off will be from the spending and the potentially disruptive organizational change. Outside vendors hawk the power of black-box models to crunch through unstructured data in search of cause and effect relationships.

Strategic Planning 11

Strategic Planning Reorganization Organizational Change Scaling 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

Mark Scott, the chief marketing officer at Apixio, the digitized medical records company, has experienced his fair share of organizational changes over the course of his career. “With the management changes, it seemed as though the company wasn’t invested in what we were working on.”

Energy 15

Energy Reorganization Manager Marketing 15

Zenefits

DECEMBER 22, 2022

How will current project changes impact your workforce strategy? Also, how will potential organizational changes affect your workforce strategy? Strategies may be centered around pay, benefits, organizational structure, promotions, transfers, reorganization, and more. Gap analysis and action planning.

Staffing 75

Staffing Software Onboarding Reorganization 75

Walk Me

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In general, technological change and reorganization processes can equally affect public and private sector employers when it comes to skills gaps emerging. The internal causes can be remedied with practical organizational changes, especially in regard to training for newcomers, ongoing training and development, and succession planning.

Recruitment 52

Recruitment Digital Transformation Operations Government 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

The organizational changes have dramatically increased the number of products and experience innovations that exceed predetermined goals for meeting consumers’ needs. These organizational changes have been challenging — as is always the case when you knock down silos, shift resources, and push the culture in new directions.

Marketing 10

Marketing Reorganization Organizational Change Onboarding 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

McDonald and his team’s approach was heavily influenced by John Kotter’s eight steps for effective organizational change. .” In this case, McDonald set out to transform the design of VA to help the organization better achieve its mission for veterans.

Hospitality 15

Hospitality Administration Reorganization Implementation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

However, when it comes to change, few track performance from project to project beyond knowing which ones met their goals. Although projects have unique features, there are many similarities between process improvement, system change, M&A, and reorganization projects. Use Data to Select People for Change Roles.

Change Management 8

Change Management Manager Metrics Media 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Repeated surveys can, over time, reveal changes in networks or in patterns of collaboration — making it possible to assess whether interventions such as reorganization or targeted efforts to improve collaboration (like offsite events, new software/communications tools, or incentive programs) actually have their desired impact.

Assets 17

Assets Balance Sheet Reorganization Organizational Change 17

AlignOrg

MARCH 13, 2025

Rather than merely creating a new structure, they engaged team members in exercises that connected current and future-oriented organizational capabilities to the core values and mission of 4-H. This assessment also enabled decision-makers to tackle challenging choices with an informed, systematic approach.

Reorganization 52

Reorganization Inclusion Implementation Organizational Change 52

Kotter Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2025

To create a competitive advantage in an increasingly uncertain and unpredictable world, building an organizational change muscle is as important, if not more so, than having a great strategy, well-run operations, or the right talent.

Reorganization 52

Reorganization Operations Organizational Change Scaling 52