The Winning Conditions for Change Why do some change projects work and others fail? The co-authors of “Fast Forward: Organizational Change in 100 Days”, Elspeth Murray and Peter Richardson, were driven to challenge traditional views about the wisdom of a gradual approach. They worked closely over a number of years with CEOs of many major international companies to try and identify the conditions for success. Their 10 “Winning Conditions” should be a mantra for anyone determined to make change stick: 1. Diagnose the “change challenge” properly at the start 2. Align the Leadership Team behind with the challenge and the process as soon as possible 3. Treat the plan as a living thing, with regular opportunities for feedback and review 4. Have a sense of urgency and insist on early tangible deliveries 5. Have a limited and focused agenda for change. Have up to 4 priorities and drive them hard and fast. 6. Employ rapid strategic decision making and resource deployment in order to build speed and momentum 7. Focus on gaining rapid commitment from the early adopters in order to help bring the fence-sitters on board 8. Eliminate “drag” by being ruthless in dealing with sources of resistance 9. Follow through on key enablers by aligning structure, communications, performance evaluation and recognition/reward with the new direction 10. Demonstrate strong and consistent leadership. To paraphrase Ghandi –  Be the change you want to see in the world To buy the book, click here >>