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It’s Time to Abolish the 70% Change Failure Rate Statistic

Change Starts Here

You don’t have to be in or near the field of change management long before you hear a daunting statistic: 70% of change initiatives fail. It’s mentioned in passing as a fact in most change management books and articles nowadays. Is change management challenging?

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Salty to Sweet: The Transformation of Mount Franklin Foods

Change Starts Here

For Mount Franklin Foods, a candy and snack manufacturer headquartered in El Paso, Texas, the years leading up to 2011 were tumultuous. When CEO Gary Ricco joined the company in May of 2011, the company had struggled for years to turn a profit. A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years.

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What Is ITIL? Uses, Versions, Certifications and More

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It includes a set of detailed practices for IT-related activities such as IT asset management and IT service management (ITSM) with the focus on aligning IT services with the business strategy and customer needs. In 2011, a revised version of the ITIL 2007 version was again released by AXELOS Ltd. Strategy Management.

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Are You A Strategy Driven Storyteller?

Strategy Driven

Posted by Elinor Stutz on December 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment Marketing professionals refer to strategy as your unique selling proposition while sales folk use the term ‘positioning.’ They are real-world and entertaining to quickly grasp the strategies and get to HIRED! Is what they are saying truthful?

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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

Bringing the power of her capability to focus on thought leadership, change management, and generating creativity, Val is currently facilitating several workshops around the U.S., You just finished reading Buy-In - The Imperative Strategy ! Change Management – Introduction Recruitment Strategy.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Perhaps most importantly they have the ability to align interests and sell the vision unifying leadership, management, staff and external stakeholders as well. Section III: Strategy. Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to insure its success.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 39 – Making Change Work: A Radical.

Strategy Driven

Episode 39 – Making Change Work: A Radical Approach to Change Management, Real Leadership explores what true leadership is and how it is effectively applied throughout the change management process. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.