Rapid Results!

How 100-Day Projects Build the Capacity for Large-Scale Change

by Robert H. Schaffer and Ron N. Ashkenas

		Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers Pub. Date: 2005 ISBN: 9780787977344 No. pages: 272 Category: Leadership & Management Sample the audio version of Rapid Results!

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Why short-term, rapid-results projects can help you immediately improve performance
How several companies have implemented rapid-results projects
How 100-day, rapid-results projects can revitalize your strategic plan

Why you should read Rapid Results!

Authors and consultants Robert H. Schaffer and Ronald N. Ashkenas address their book to leaders who face the challenge of making rapid changes in their organizations - especially to those who know they need to move performance to a higher level, yet are too impatient to execute large-scale change. Schaffer and Ashkenas flatly deny that you need to make any trade-off between short-term gains and long-range organizational capabilities. They offer advice about such changes as new information systems, research and development, product innovation, mergers and acquisitions, and even the use of rapid-results projects in developing countries. Essentially, they take a step-by-step approach to building your organization’s ability to achieve short-term change with long-term impact. Despite the authors’ occasional self-promotional moments, getAbstract finds that they offer solid, worthwhile information for CEOs, project managers and other executives.

About the Authors

Robert H. Schaffer founded a consulting firm that has worked with numerous well-known corporations. He is the author of The Breakthrough Strategy and High-Impact Consulting. Ronald N. Ashkenas has written for The Harvard Business Review and is co-author of The Boundaryless Organization and The GE Work-Out.

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