18 Jun

Implementing Change from the Ground Up: The Power of First Steps to Create a Movement

Posted by Shannon Wallis in Innovation, Leadership
Implementing Change from the Ground Up

I started my career in the 90s, as an external management consultant who worked on the business process reengineering aspects of large systems integrations. Our clients would spend millions of dollars reengineering the organization, but they often did not implement the changes. My personal experience reflected what research indicated: 80% of change projects fail.

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06 Apr

Execute with CLARITY

Posted by Shannon Wallis in Leadership, People
Execute with Clarity

You stepped into the future…but has it felt more like you stepped off a cliff?  Some of the most spectacular strategic failures have been due to poor execution.  Unfortunately, the momentum of vision is often short-lived as the reality of the complexity of execution begins to set in.  Since 1955, only 57 companies have maintained a position in the Fortune 500 while nearly 2,000 companies have come and gone during that same time period.

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