According to a KPMG Global Transformation study, 96 percent of organizations said they were undergoing organizational transformations, but only 47 percent expected to achieve sustainable value from those efforts. Before embarking on a transformation journey, take a moment to consider the insights of business leaders who have successfully effected change in their organizations:
1. “Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed – the culture reflects the realities of people working together every day.” – Frances Hesselbein, former CEO of the Girl Scouts
2. “Few things are more important during a change event than communication from leaders who can paint a clear and confidence-inspiring vision of the future.” – Sarah Clayton, Executive Vice President of Employee Engagement & Change Management at Weber Shandwick
3. “Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution.” – Bill Drayton, Founder and CEO of Ashoka and pioneer in social entrepreneurship
4. “Change cannot be put on people. The best way to instill change is to do it with them. Create it with them.” – Lisa Bodell, Founder and CEO of futurethink
5. “Companies that change may survive, but companies that transform thrive. Change brings incremental or small-scale adaptations, while transformation brings great improvements that ripple through the future of an organization. – Nick Candito, Founder and CEO of Progressly
6. “The speed of adapting to change is of the essence. The faster the enterprise moves, the easier it is to turn a business challenge into a new business opportunity.” – Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG
7. “If you are entrusted with bringing about change, you likely possess the knowledge needed to advance the organization, and you might have a plan — but knowledge is not enough. You have to bring yourself to each interaction in a deeply authentic way. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Doug Conant, former President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company
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