{"id":1528,"date":"2009-11-08T17:56:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T00:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2016-09-19T12:41:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T17:41:38","slug":"a-transformation-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/a-transformation-story\/1528\/","title":{"rendered":"A Transformation Story and Change Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We all love stories.\u00a0 Stories have characters that we relate to or hate, there&#8217;s drama, heroes and villains, and the best stories stir the emotion.\u00a0 The same goes for companies and their stories &#8211; all companies have a story.\u00a0 Most stories are in-process still, whereas some have ended, such as the story of Enron &#8211; sometimes <a title=\"why transformation efforts fail\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/why-transformation-efforts-fail\/1510\/\">transformation efforts fail<\/a>.\u00a0 What is your story?\u00a0 If your company is amidst a transformation or a turnaround, what does that story look like?\u00a0 What chapter are you in?<\/p>\n<p>A Transformation is a fundamental change that penetrates the <a title=\"complacency will kill your company\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/complacency-true-urgency-false-sense-of-urgency-and-organizational-change-and-transformation-turnaround\/1567\/\">heart, mind, and soul of a company<\/a>.\u00a0 It is not superficial, or a flavor-of-the-month change.\u00a0 In these tough economic times, superficial changes won&#8217;t do anymore &#8211; a fundamental change is often required to survive and, eventually, win.<\/p>\n<p>More formally,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Transformation is a <em>conscious and purposeful <\/em>transition to a sustainable way of working at a significantly higher level of business performance and health, based on fundamental shifts in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ambition<\/li>\n<li>Collective Self-Beliefs<\/li>\n<li>Behaviors and Culture<\/li>\n<li>Underlying Capabilities, Systems, &amp; Processes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Conscious and Purposeful<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A conscious and purposeful approach is a necessary attribute in sucessful transformations.\u00a0 What does this mean?\u00a0 In practical terms, it means the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a transformation consciously and purposefully builds capability to deliver long-term performance<\/li>\n<li>a transformation consciously and purposefully builds organizational and individual skills and competencies<\/li>\n<li>a transformation is consciously and purposefully modeled by leadership &#8211; it is not &#8220;business as usual&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>a transformation consciously and purposefully reforms the cultural instincts of the organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Creating Your Story<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An effective story is simple and is most effectively executed when it is <strong><em>everybody&#8217;s<\/em><\/strong> story.\u00a0 Like any story, it will contain characters and chapters.\u00a0 Organizational stories are no different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/shmula-transformation-story.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4430 size-full\" title=\"transformation story for change management\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/shmula-transformation-story.jpg\" alt=\"transformation story for change management\" width=\"894\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/shmula-transformation-story.jpg 894w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/shmula-transformation-story-600x319.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/shmula-transformation-story-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1591396190?ie=UTF8&#038;ref_=sr_1_1&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1283603843&#038;sr=1-1&#038;linkCode=shr&#038;camp=213733&#038;creative=393189&#038;tag=sixsigma09-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4433 aligncenter\" title=\"blue-ocean-strategy\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/blue-ocean-strategy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/blue-ocean-strategy.jpg 698w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/blue-ocean-strategy-600x238.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/blue-ocean-strategy-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposed story approach above is one I&#8217;ve used several times with organization.\u00a0 It has been effective because it is so simple.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create your desired transformation story<\/li>\n<li>The chapters in that story should have a performance metric attached to it &#8211; a metric that describes how we are doing.\u00a0 Each chapter is a &#8220;theme&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, this chapter should lay-out the portfolio of initiatives that are aligned to a theme or chapter and, when rolled-up, will collectively make your story a reality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The recipe above is helpful and focused on the long-term, but tactically and attacks the short-term.\u00a0 But the vision is toward the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Think about your story.\u00a0 Does the story make sense?\u00a0 Do the chapters fit together?\u00a0 Do your initiatives fit within the chapters?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all love stories.\u00a0 Stories have 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