1 The five stages, and the questions that must be answered in each of them, are aspire: Where do we want to go? assess: How ready are we to go there? architect: What must we do to get there? act: How do we manage the journey? and advance: How do we continue to improve? This article focuses on the fourth: act. Leaders who follow the transformation methodology explained in our new book, Beyond Performance 2.0, take companies through what we call the five stages of performance and health.
This fourth article discusses how to generate ownership and energy for success.Ĭhange is a journey, and few journeys go according to plan. The second, “ Getting personal about change,” provides an in-depth look into the mind-set shifts required for generating meaningful change. The third, “ The forgotten step in leading large-scale change,” examines the most often neglected stage of the change process. “ A better way to lead large-scale change,” the first article in the series, explains how and why the authors’ approach works. In Beyond Performance 2.0: A Proven Approach to Leading Large-Scale Change (John Wiley & Sons, 2019), McKinsey’s Scott Keller and Bill Schaninger draw on their long experience, and the most comprehensive research effort of its kind, to provide a practical, proven guide for executives managing corporate transformations.