Rapid Results! : How 100-Day Projects Build the Capacity for Large-Scale Change

by Robert H. Schaffer (Robert H. Schaffer & Associates); Ron Ashkenas (Univ. of Michigan Business School)

• ISBN13: 9780787980955
• ISBN10: 0787980951
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Rapid Results! shows how to make large-scale changes succeed by using 100-day results-producing projects to develop this vital implementation capability. Written by Robert H. Schaffer, Ronald N. Ashkenas, and their associates-leaders in the field of change management-Rapid Results! describes an approach that has been field-tested by real organizations of every size and description to improve performance and speed the pace of change.Rapid results projects produce results quickly, introduce new work patterns, and enable participants to learn a variety of lessons about managing change. Step by step, the book describes how the use of rapid-cycle, or 100-day, projects will multiply your organization's power to succeed at large-scale change. Schaffer and Ashkenas specifically outline the concept behind 100-day projects and show you how to Set up the architecture to implement rapid results projects Improve operational performance and also attain hard results in the soft areas of management Build rapid results into major organizational change such as reorganization, acquisition integration, and international development Use rapid results to drive leadership development and culture change

Table of Contents

Preface.

Part One: Implementation Capability: Strengthening the Weakest Link.

1. A Thousand Cures: Which One Is Right?

2. The Potential Is There to Respond.

3. Start with Results, Not Preparations.

Part Two: Rapid Results: Expanding Implementation Capability.

4. Gain Rapid Results on Key Goals.

5. Mobilize Large Numbers of People in Change.

6. Build Your Own Unique Transformation Process.

7. Georgia-Pacific Takes It All the Way.

Part Three: Using Enhanced Implementation Capability to Execute Large-Scale Change.

8. Make Acquisitions and Mergers Succeed.

9. Unleash Implementation Capacity in Developing Countries.

10. Spark Strategic Momentum with Rapid Results.

11. Develop Leaders Through Results Achievement.

Part Four: Conclusion.

12. Challenge for Leaders: You Can Make It Happen!

Will You?

Notes.

Acknowledgments.

The Authors.

Index.