setback on a new venture? Big transformation program hit a major bump in the road? Employee morale taken a hit during a recent reorganization or merger? Leaders and companies today need to do more than bounce back and survive the…
21st Century Change Masters(TM) Model Overview
Welcome to Desai Transformation’s 21st Century Change Masters ™ Model Overview, which provides a view into the organizational capabilities and leadership behaviors that companies need to embed to thrive in a VUCA (volatile – uncertain – complex – ambiguous) world.…
How To Avoid Unintended Consequences On Your Strategic Initiative
Consider the following strategic initiative scenarios: Leaders for a mid-sized technology company are enthusiastic that their new business structure will enhance innovation, but find only confusion and resentment from employees. An established bank introduces a new target culture, complete…
How quickly can your company execute its strategic plan?
The reality of speed In a recent TIME Magazine article, the CEO of an auto manufacturer, said, “I spend a lot of early mornings thinking about executing our plan quickly.” An executive at a different company said to me recently,…
The 21st Century Manager as Change Master (slideshow with audio)
This video introduces listeners to a set of 9 new leadership practices that address the modern challenges of leading people in a VUCA world filled with constant, unpredictable and complex change. The presentation on effective organizational change leadership was originally…
Barriers to Business Transformation: A Surefire Way To Remove Them
What Barriers To Business Transformation? Consider this scenario: Your organization had all the elements in place to transform the company and move it toward better performance. Your executive team articulated and committed itself to an exciting, breakthrough vision, secured broad leadership…
9 Success Factors For Business Transformation
(Updated September 8, 2017) An earlier version of this article on business transformation was originally published on Forbes.com. Click here to read. high performing senior managers and leaders find themselves at some point in their careers asked to…
The Truth about Engagement and Collaboration in A VUCA World
…was the energy created by a team in the zone: applying their unique and best thinking to a change challenge and collaborating to create a superior solution. I didn’t know then that positive social…
5 Best Practices in Reorganizations – Going Beyond The Org Chart
With the increase in the frequency of reorganizations – any shift in how an organization organizes itself to deliver products and/or services to its customers – comes the increase in risk for loss of value or even, in the worst…
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize During Transformation
Keeping your eye on the prize during large-scale, strategic or transformational change is essential. In these types of efforts, we’re usually talking about multi-dimensional changes to some combination of strategy, process, technology, people, and organizational structure. Complex changes like these…