A practical approach to business transformation Fit for Growth* is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research, the experts at PwC’s Strategy& lay out a winning framework that helps CEOs and senior executives transform their organizations for sustainable, profitable growth. This approach gives structure to strategy while promoting lasting change. Examples from Strategy&’s hundreds of clients illustrate successful transformation on the ground, and illuminate how senior and middle managers are able to take ownership and even thrive during difficult periods of transition. Throughout the Fit for Growth process, the focus is on maintaining consistent high-value performance while enabling fundamental change. Strategy& has helped major clients around the globe achieve significant and sustained results with its research-backed approach to restructuring and cost reduction. This book provides practical guidance for leveraging that expertise to make the choices that allow companies to: Achieve growth while reducing costs Manage transformation and transition productively Create lasting competitive advantage Deliver reliable, high-value performance Sustainable success is founded on efficiency and high performance. Companies are always looking to do more with less, but their efforts often work against them in the long run. Total business transformation requires total buy-in, and it entails a series of decisions that must not be made lightly. The Fit for Growth approach provides a clear strategy and practical framework for growth-oriented change, with expert guidance on getting it right. *Fit for Growth is a registered service mark of PwC Strategy& Inc. in the United States

This management book presents value-driven business process management as a successful discipline to turn strategy into people- and technology-based execution, quickly and at minimal risk. It shows how to achieve high performance successfully in a digital business environment. Static business models do not keep pace with the dynamic changes in our digital world. Organizations need a management approach that fits this environment and capitalizes on its opportunities while minimizing the related risks. They need to execute their business strategy fast and reliably. In effect, they have to know how and when to modify or enhance their business processes, which processes are the best candidates for intervention, and how to move rapidly from strategy to execution. This means organizations need to establish business process management as a real management discipline. The importance of process innovation, digital technology and people aspects, process governance, internationalization, emerging processes and the unique situation in mid-market organizations are some of the key topics discussed in this book. It ends with a comprehensive case study and a discussion about what process engineers can learn from jazz musicians.

High Performance Business Strategy is designed to help senior management analyse the weak points in a business and focus HR on transforming problem areas by maximizing staff and business performance. Using as its starting point a unique online holistic checklist to identify areas of corporate weakness, the book shows you how to interpret the results and deliver HR strategies that will revolutionize performance.Depending on the results defined by the checklist, it provides a tailored programme of robust and proven management strategies for improving business performance through targeted HR. These include: building more effective teams; creating a leaner organisation; coaching for improved management and team performance; creating a corporate climate fertile to organizational success; maximizing communication; and how to share visions and values more profitably.Supported by a wealth of case studies showing how the approach has already been used to transform a number of leading businesses, this insightful book gives you the ability to take a step back, assess business weaknesses and act with pinpoint accuracy to improve performance.

HR Strategy for the High Performing Business encourages companies to analyse the weak points in their business and focus HR on transforming these problem areas. A unique checklist to identify areas of corporate weakness demonstrates how to interpret the results and deliver HR strategies that will revolutionize performance. Depending on results defined by the checklist, it provides a tailored programme of robust and proven management strategies for improving business performance through targeted HR. Supported by a wealth of case studies showing how the approach has already been used to transform a number of leading businesses, this insightful book shows how to take a step back, assess business weaknesses and act with pinpoint accuracy to improve performance.

How can today's managers concentrate on what really matters to improve the performance of their organization, to reach outstanding goals? The answer is in What Makes an HPO. The five critical factors of the HPO Framework - Management Quality, Openness & Action-Orientation, Long-Term Orientation, Continuous Improvement & Renewal and Employee Quality - will help you turn your organization into an HPO. This book shows you what to concentrate on, how others have done it, and how to achieve it yourself. The HPO Framework is the result of a global five-year research project into the genuine success factors of High Performance Organizations (HPOs). The HPO Center, led by Dr de Waal, discovered what really works on the ground in every type of organization rather than what managers think should, or might have, worked. In his book André de Waal gives many real-life examples from a variety of sectors including Finance, Retail, Industry, ICT, High Education and Government, all illustrating the successful workings of the HPO Framework in organizations worldwide. Also included are many interviews with HPO leaders at Microsoft, SABMiller, Svenska Handelsbanken, HP, Tata Steel, Umpqua Bank, Unilever and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

Leading the High-Performing Company demystifies performance. This transformational guide provides the crucial tools and insights to grow your business and outperform peers. It pinpoints how successful leaders and companies position themselves to lead in their industries. Explore the symbiotic nature of leaders and the businesses they lead. Learn why life is better for everyone when the business is performing at its best. Discover the actions necessary to leverage your organization to new heights and grow as a leader. This book is based on the author’s professional career—leading at an executive level and working with high-performing organizations through the good and bad times. Real-world examples bring the concepts to life based on the experiences of the author, as well as accomplished leaders. You’ll walk away with actionable insights to accelerate your business today.

How to create the high-performance, high-commitment organization Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines what the high-commitment, high-performance organization looks like and provides practitioners with the transformation process to help them get there. Starting with leaders who have the right values, Beer shows how to weave together a complete system that includes top-to-bottom communication, organization design, HR policies, and leadership transformation process, and outlines what practitioners must do in HR, structure, systems, goals, culture, and strategy to create high-performance organizations.