Business as usual no longer applies. So how does a smart leader retool the organizational engine? In this newsletter, we hear from a longtime auto executive who shares an inside look at Detroit's travails and lays out how one major company is using dynamic business planning to achieve a miracle. Also, tips for avoiding the biggest blunders of change programs, making sure you derive the benefits you're seeking from your initiatives, and accelerating the impact of project management on business change. Plus, setting the new CIO agenda and exploiting Web 2.0 for collaboration.

Auto Recovery : An Interview with Executive Al Kammerer

Al Kammerer has spent a lifetime in senior roles in the automotive industry. In this interview, he examines the challenges the Detroit Big Three face, why the car makers alone won't be able to achieve an average 35 miles per gallon, and CEO Alan Mulally's not-so-secret weapon that's transforming Ford way ahead of the others. Along the way, he lays out how dynamic business planning enables organizations to change at a speed that can appear "unmanageable" during turbulent times. Read article »

The 9 Blunders of Change Programs - and 6 Tips for Avoiding Them

Many CEOs are frustrated with the slow delivery of business change across their organizations. Marcus Wildsmith has been working with private companies and government agencies to help them deliver change more rapidly and cost effectively. Read about the lessons he has drawn from his time in the trenches with managers. Read article »

The Payoff : Managing the Benefits of Your Projects and Programs

Many projects deliver change; fewer deliver business benefits. Often this is because there's no real process to ensure benefits - other than cost reduction - are measured, managed, and delivered. Elzette Harper explains why benefits management is essential and shares a four-step approach for achieving it. Read article »

Accelerating the Impact of Project Management on Business Change

Enhancing project management capability is an organizational undertaking. Eric Foss lays out a comprehensive approach for delivering accelerated results through internal initiatives focused on enhancing project management effectiveness in the context of driving long-term benefits. Read article »

Braveheart : Setting the New CIO Agenda

With a seemingly intractable recession making chaos out of the best laid plans, now is the time to show great fortitude in defining the CIO agenda to deliver cost savings and business change. Peter Wilson has spent 15 years living these challenges and explains the six steps he believes CIOs need to follow in order to prosper. Read article »

Drawn Together : Collaboration in a Social Networking World

Ken Winell has collaboration - the ability to pool and share information seamlessly between co-workers, vendors, and customers - in his DNA. In this interview, Winell explains why it's critical for companies to get smarter about their collaborative efforts in order to drive change more effectively and lays out how to develop collaborative strength in the organization. Read article »

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