Freek Vermeulen, an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School, argues that too many companies are following so-called best practices that are actually holding them back. They do it because of deep-seated...
Read moreAll Management Is Change Management
Maria Galybina/iStock Change management is having its moment. There’s no shortage of articles, books, and talks on the subject. But many of these indicate that change management is some occult subspecialty of management, something that’s distinct...
Read moreChange Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready
Harry Haysom/Getty Images Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones...
Read moreLots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?
Emma Innocenti/Getty Images In the last week, film producer Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment — which many have described as an open secret in Hollywood — have exploded onto the pages of the New York Times. The New Yorker documents...
Read more5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape is in the midst of a significant shake-up. Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. Unilever has acquired Dollar Shave Club, a young startup, for $1...
Read moreResearch: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change
Transforming a school is a long, hard, and often lonely task. Some people want change, others don’t, and some simply aren’t prepared to wait for results to show. As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do...
Read moreHow to Get Men Involved with Gender Parity Initiatives
Gender inequality in the workplace is still commonplace, and leaders face considerable challenges when seeking to institute a more gender-equitable company culture. They find it difficult to systematically hold managers accountable for...
Read moreEmail and Calendar Data Are Helping Firms Understand How Employees Work
Using data science to predict how people in companies are changing may sound futuristic. As we wrote recently, change management remains one of the few areas largely untouched by the data-driven revolution. But while we may never convert change...
Read moreLeading Effectively When You Inherit a Mess
Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR An executive I work with recently stepped into the biggest challenge of her career. Recruited from outside the organization, she faced multiple problems: The business was losing money, costs were bloated, customer loyalty...
Read moreData Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing
Neasden Control Centre for HBR Business in the 21st century is being redefined by a data-driven revolution. Take the MIT Media Lab’s experiment to see whether it could estimate retail sales performance on “Black Friday,” the day following the US...
Read moreWhat Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change
Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. I wouldn’t be surprised if the statistics are worse in my industry...
Read moreStop Using the Excuse “Organizational Change Is Hard”
During nearly every discussion about organizational change, someone makes the obvious assertion that “change is hard.” On the surface, this is true: change requires effort. But the problem with this attitude, which permeates all levels of our...
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