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LONDON — I talked to an M&A banker on the weekend. Made me think of my time at high school dances. Always standing on the wall, trying to look cool. But never out on the actual dance floor. The merger and acquisition market is a bit quiet at the moment. And amen to that. We’re busy enough without it. Businesses are [...]
DOHA, QATAR — We’re working on four different ‘transformation programmes’ at the moment. Combined they are on three continents, in over 30 countries. You would think that would provide some shocking contrasts. But it does something quite different. It shows startling similarities. Everything has superficial differences: language, geography, industry, structure… Yes, those can seem superficial. The issues in big business transformation generally fall into [...] Back in May, the renowned author and change management guru John Kotter published a short article on the role of hierarchy within organisations. Kotter suggested that whilst the hierarchical organisation had been successful during the 20th century, in the modern world, where an ‘ever increasing rate of change’ is taking place. The managerial processes which run through a [...] Is your organisation telling itself “we need to get better at change”? Many successful organisations are handling big changes – restructures, cost cutting and efficiency drives, or expansions into new markets and territories. All too often, the answer seems to lie in finding or training highly skilled change and transformation leaders to deliver the change. But is that really enough? [...] TCR — Here’s a brave soul. Through a network of former Towers Perrin employees on LinkedIn I have just been forwarded a note from Robert Cornet on his blog. I don’t know him. But I admire his willingness to go into dangerous waters. |
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