Chapter 7

Understanding Business Breakthroughs and Fundamentals

In This Chapter

arrow Reviewing your business initiatives

arrow Recognising business breakthroughs

arrow Focusing on business fundamentals

arrow Considering key performance indicators

Once you have in place your Transformation Charter, an assessment of your readiness for the intended transformation programme, a suitable approach to administering and governing it, and an understanding of the vital few objectives that will be central to the transformation, you are ready for the next stage. You now need to more clearly separate out the professional day-to-day management of the ongoing business from that of the transformation programme, and to establish the appropriate approach to deploying your transformation efforts.

Avoiding Initiative Overload

Most organisations seem to suffer from initiative overload. There’s almost always too much going on and insufficient time and other resources to do the day job and handle all the initiatives that either come down from top management or are imposed by external stakeholders.

It makes good sense to review ...

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