Change in a Successful Organization

Avoid Complacency by Making a Case for Continous Improvement

Many organizations often unknowingly exhibit complacency and only incorporate significant change when a crisis or imminent threat emerges. To correct this, we have to explore how to answer the following questions without a crisis:

How do you create awareness and bias-to-action to overcome organizational inertia to initiate change? How do you transfer awareness and action across all levels of the organization, from the C-suite to the frozen middle and down to the everyday practitioner? How do you transform the organizational mindset and culture to one that ultimately rejects complacency itself?

What's inside

  • Case for Change — This paper illustrates how enterprises can utilize continuous improvement as an opportunity to drive change across the organization.
  • Expert Authors — This paper is written by experienced leaders across industries who have led large transformations in enterprises across industries.
  • Case Studies — This paper illustrates how other organizations, including Bell Labs and Disney World, have used continuous improvement to drive successful business value.
  • All Levels — Change Agents can come from anywhere on the org chart. This paper directly provides guidance on how to lead change no matter your role or title.
Publication Date
2020
Pages
26
Topics
Leadership · Workplace Culture
Formats
epub · pdf
License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

About the authors

5 authors
Michael WinslowTransformational Engineering Leader | Author | International Keynote Speaker
Adam ZimmanAdvisor, Angel Investor & Board Member

Adam Zimman is a VC Advisor providing guidance on leadership, platform architecture, product marketing, and GTM strategy. He has over 20 years of experience working in a variety of roles from software engineering to technical sales. He has worked in both enterprise and consumer companies such as VMware, EMC, GitHub, and LaunchDarkly. Adam is driven by a passion for inclusive leadership and solving problems with technology. His perspective has been shaped by a degree (AB) from Bowdoin College with a dual-focus in Physics and Visual Art, an ongoing adventure as a husband and father, and a childhood career as a fire juggler.

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John EsserChief Executive Officer at Veracity Solutions
Tim JudgeSenior Vice President, Head of Modeling & Chief Climate Officer at Fannie Mae
Tamara SkyeCenter Gravity · as of 2024

Tamara Skye, founder of Center Gravity, is a peak-performance coach, strategy consultant, and leadership development expert, who partners with C-Suites, Boards, and upper management to achieve extraordinary, lasting results. Tamara’s prior experience includes serving as a Fortune 25+ executive. While working in corporate roles, her organizations consistently achieved outstanding, impactful, and measurable results in transformative enterprise initiatives, while working within highly regulated environments. Many of the large-scale initiatives included a need for wide-spread learning of new skills as a critical component for lasting success. A strong personal interest in integrative and behavioral psychology and the deeper aspects of emotional intelligence, as they pertain to leadership, led her to current work; helping existing leaders elevate their game, grow their impact, and achieve their fullest potential, while also facilitating sessions for aspiring leaders as they seek to unlock their potential and lay a strong foundation for leadership. Skye has an irrevocable belief: the goal of leadership is to successfully connect with and maximize the results of others consistently - advocating for their learning is the key. Learn more at centergravityleadership.com .

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