Master Your Next Move, with a New Introduction

CONCLUSION

Designing Companywide Transition-Acceleration Systems

Throughout the book I have explored the diverse tough transitions that leaders face, focusing on how to match strategy to the demands of specific situations. I also have offered some advice about what companies can do to accelerate the various types of transitions.

To conclude, however, it is essential to take a step back from the diversity of transitions and return to an exploration of their underlying unity. While each of the transition types has distinct features and demands, they all confront new leaders with the same fundamental imperatives: to diagnose the situation rapidly ...