http://www.leadershipturn.com/what-leaders-must-do-lead-change/ Articles, tips, and resources about leadership. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.leadershipturn.com/what-leaders-must-do-lead-change/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Miki Saxon Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:52:45 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/what-leaders-must-do-lead-change/#comment-896 Bob, the problem is that it's the EPIC waves that today's business heads must learn to ride if they want their companies to survive. As useful as a PMO can be there is no way it can substitute for the needed actions of the company head. In fact, I think that any any CEO who thinks there is a way to hand off architecting the company's future deserves to be gone. Delegate tasks, yes, but that top person still bears the responsibility of providing a cohesive vision based on understanding global trends. Bob, the problem is that it’s the EPIC waves that today’s business heads must learn to ride if they want their companies to survive. As useful as a PMO can be there is no way it can substitute for the needed actions of the company head. In fact, I think that any any CEO who thinks there is a way to hand off architecting the company’s future deserves to be gone. Delegate tasks, yes, but that top person still bears the responsibility of providing a cohesive vision based on understanding global trends.

]]> http://www.leadershipturn.com/what-leaders-must-do-lead-change/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Bob Turek Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:43:21 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/what-leaders-must-do-lead-change/#comment-895 Miki- nice post about a book from an author with credibility built from his plant manager experience. There is nothing like a manufacturing environment to give you experience with change, whether it's simply an increased rate of the same type of process (customer order change rate) or a complete makeover of business processes. His looking-outside-the-market approach is what many innovative companies have set up a standardized research process for, using an organization like a PMO, to at first lead it and then present justified, strategy-aligned, projectized innovations to top executives. I compare the degree of change, and therefore degree of preparation required, to surfing in that small, ridable waves are giving way to large less certain waves that can hurt or drown you. You've got to be prepared with more and better "equipment" and a higher level of skill. Interestingly, good big wave conditions are called "EPIC" but few can ride them. Miki- nice post about a book from an author with credibility built from his plant manager experience. There is nothing like a manufacturing environment to give you experience with change, whether it’s simply an increased rate of the same type of process (customer order change rate) or a complete makeover of business processes. His looking-outside-the-market approach is what many innovative companies have set up a standardized research process for, using an organization like a PMO, to at first lead it and then present justified, strategy-aligned, projectized innovations to top executives. I compare the degree of change, and therefore degree of preparation required, to surfing in that small, ridable waves are giving way to large less certain waves that can hurt or drown you. You’ve got to be prepared with more and better “equipment” and a higher level of skill. Interestingly, good big wave conditions are called “EPIC” but few can ride them.

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