Greetings!
I wanted to make sure you saw this important
study about corporate change.
This was a major study of CEOs conducted by IBM.
CNN reports: There has been a dramatic
increase in the number of global business
leaders who see important change ahead and
"highlights how the ability to absorb and
manage change is widening the gap between
winners and losers in the global economy."
"Overall, 83 percent of surveyed CEOs expect
substantial change in the future, an increase
of 28 percent in just two years. However,
CEOs report their ability to effectively
manage change is increasing at a far slower
pace." (Italics are mine.)
And then. . .
"Collectively, CEOs set their organization's
ability to manage change 22 percentage points
lower than their expectations for the level
of change they will have to manage -- a
'change gap' that is widening."
The phrase "a change gap that is widening"
got my attention.
"The enterprise of the future accepts change
as a permanent state in an organization.
Those CEOs who demonstrate the capacity to
manage major change know they can beat the
competition by reaching new classes of
customers, and making bold moves to shift
business design around principles of global
integration," said Ginni Rometty, senior vice
president, IBM Global Business Services. "And
it's clear that out-performers are distancing
their enterprises from the competition based
on their organizational capacity to take
advantage of change."
You can read the full news feed at: CNNMoney
Sincerely,
Rick Maurer
Maurer & Associates
phone:
703-525-7074
