Rapid Results!: How 100-Day Projects Build the Capacity for Large-Scale Change

Ron Ashkenas

ISBN 10: 0787977349 / ISBN 13: 9780787977344

Published by Jossey-Bass, 2005

About this Item

Typically, when big innovations are initiated in organizations, improvement efforts are put in place without careful consideration for how they will play out on the micro level. As a result, they often die on the vine. Rapid Results! solves the problem of successful implementation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rapid Results!: How 100-Day Projects Build the Capacity for Large-Scale Change
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787977349
• ISBN 13: 9780787977344
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Rapid Results! shows how to make large-scale changes succeed by using 100-day results-producing projects to develop this vital implementation capability. Written by Robert H. Schaffer, Ronald N. Ashkenas, and their associates―leaders in the field of change management―Rapid Results! describes an approach that has been field-tested by real organizations of every size and description to improve performance and speed the pace of change.

Rapid results projects produce results quickly, introduce new work patterns, and enable participants to learn a variety of lessons about managing change. Step by step, the book describes how the use of rapid-cycle, or 100-day, projects will multiply your organization's power to succeed at large-scale change. Schaffer and Ashkenas specifically outline the concept behind 100-day projects and show you how to

• Set up the architecture to implement rapid results projects
• Improve operational performance and also attain hard results in the soft areas of management
• Build rapid results into major organizational change such as reorganization, acquisition integration, and international development
• Use rapid results to drive leadership development and culture change

About the Author

Robert H. Schaffer is the founder and Ronald N. Ashkenas is a managing partner of Robert H. Schaffer & Associates in Stamford, Connecticut. Schaffer is the author of The Breakthrough Strategy and High-Impact Consulting. Ashkenas is a coach to CEOs and speaker on organizational transformation. He is the coauthor of The Boundaryless Organization and The GE Work-Out. The authors can be reached at info@rhsa.com.