Why Transformation Efforts Fail Mckinsey?

Why do most transformations fail? Seventy percent of transformations fail. Contributing factors include insufficiently high aspirations, a lack of engagement within the organization, and insufficient investment in building capabilities across the organization to sustain the change, among others.

Why do most transformation efforts fail?

Why do so many transformation efforts produce only middling results? One overarching reason is that leaders typically fail to acknowledge that large-scale change can take years. Moreover, a successful change process goes through a series of eight distinct stages. These stages should be worked through in sequence.

Why do most transformations fail a conversation with Harry Robinson?

They don't put the right change-management infrastructure in place, or they don't establish a cadence of leadership-oversight meetings. They don't create a transformation office or set regular performance-management discussions to track progress.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.