Business Transformations That Work

Business Transformations That Work

Business transformations are about continuously reshaping an organization. When they work, they enhance performance, increase efficiency, and create a competitive advantage.

Business Transformations That Work

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Lessons from Transformations that Work

Bain experts share our latest research on successful business transformations. 

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Leaders Discuss Transformations in Their Own Words

Strategy
Keeping an Entrepreneurial Spirit While Championing Change
Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart, shares how leaders can maintain their company’s entrepreneurial roots despite growth and turbulence.
Video
Transformation
What It’s Like to Lead a Full Potential Transformation
Marc-André Kamel asks Olaf Koch, former CFO of Mercedes and former CEO of Metro, how to know when a large-scale transformation is needed and how to run one.
Executives on Transformations
Strategy
Interview: Poul Weihrauch, Mars CEO
“At Mars, we believe that profit and purpose are not mutually exclusive. Unless we run a great business, we won’t have the financial muscle and the mental capacity to invest in people and the planet.”
Consumer Products CEO Spotlight
Consumer Products
Interview: Jon Moeller, Procter & Gamble CEO
“Humans are capable of remarkable things if you get out of their way.”
Consumer Products CEO Spotlight

Business Transformation News
Transformation
Transformations That Work
Lessons from companies that are defying the odds.
Harvard Business Review
Transformation
Middle Managers Should Drive Your Business Transformation
Shift your approach from top-down to middle-out.
HBR.org
Transformation
Does Your Organization Have the Energy to Transform?
How managers can measure and manage their company’s capacity for change.
HBR.org
Transformation
A New Model for Continuous Transformation
The continuous evolution of the external landscape demands ongoing business transformation, with no room for pausing, refreezing, and stepping away.
HBR.org

Transformation Insights and Experience
Transformation
The Three Common Transformation Talent Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Data confirms that the strongest predictor of a transformation’s success is how well the company retains, develops, and acquires the right talent and capabilities.
Brief
Change Management
The Chief Transformation Officer: Your Navigator for the Uncharted Waters Ahead
In transformations that create sustainable results, the CTO plays five critical roles.
Brief
Transformation
Spotting Your Transformation's Value Destroyers
Data on business transformations shows half of underperforming initiatives appear green (on track) while actually red. Here's how to course correct.
Infographic
Performance Improvement
Why Successful Transformations Depend on Frontline Ownership
Energizing the front line and leveraging cross-functional expertise can help you overcome the complexity (and disappointment) that often befall transformation efforts.
Brief
Transformation
Building a Better Transformation
These nine data-based practices can elevate any business transformation.
Infographic
People and Organization
Organizations Don't Change Behavior, People Do
Behavioral science helps to inspire and engage people in embracing change.
Brief
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