Leading strategic change

Jim Austin
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Jim Austin: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brown University, USA

Management in Healthcare: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, 2022, vol. 6, issue 4, 335-350

Abstract: Most strategic change initiatives are never implemented. While one cannot guarantee a strategic result, two steps are essential for reducing risk and improving outcomes in Leading Strategic Change: firstly, adapting a strategic mindset that is open to more than just incremental change; secondly, execute, execute, execute. In the author’s experience, most strategic initiatives fail not for their poor strategic choices but for being unable to expand on prior mental models and for poor execution. This paper examines four common mental model pitfalls and proposes means of overcoming them, from frame narrowness to confirmation bias, groupthink and finally attribution bias. Execution depends on clear priorities; understanding stakeholder needs; and clear, simple, consistent communication.

Keywords: strategic change; strategy; organisational change; strategic execution; healthcare organisational change; healthcare change management; leading change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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