TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–Guidelines for igniting and sustaining a change initiative that will generate competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approach–As a coach and facilitator of a number of highly successful change efforts, the author has discovered a few key practices can provide leaders with a clear roadmap for guiding a major strategic initiative.Findings–Based on the author's experience managing many assignments for large corporations, when six conditions for igniting a transformation process are fulfilled, and are coupled with these six requisites of leadership engagement, real change will occur.Research limitations/implications–As one case indicates, teams that employ the author's approach can become a model for others in their organization.Practical implications–Effective leaders helping to produce real value for great teams have to go for change selectively, constructively, personally and, above all, credibly.original/value of paper–A creative look at overcoming the many hurdles involved in implementing change can provide leaders with a clear indicator of whether or not to proceed with a major effort or, instead, to save their credibility and elect to aim at more focused operational improvements.
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
SN  - 1087-8572
DO  - 10.1108/10878570610637867
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/10878570610637867
AU  - Khan Omar S.
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - The case for real change
T2  - Strategy & Leadership
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 32
EP  - 35
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -