Any executive who has led a major change program knows that even the most carefully planned programs can fail because of mediocre implementation. Turning plans into reality isnt easy, and certain companies seem to be better at it than others. To learn how some of the worlds leading companies ensure implementation excellence, we conducted a survey of more than 2,000 executives in 900 companies across industries.¹ We asked respondents to evaluate their companys implementation performance, capabilities, and practices.

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Our survey revealed that good implementersdefined as companies whose respondents reported top-quartile scores for their implementation capabilitiesachieved superior performance on a range of financial-performance metrics. Perhaps more important, two years after a change effort has ended, good implementers sustain twice the level of financial benefits as poor implementers do.

Based on the above, discuss some of the best way to help leaders implement a major change in an organization?

SUBJECT: Leadership Theory and Practice

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