Transformation Excellence

How the Best Set Up Their Program Journey

Only a third of corporate transformations succeed, but two early decisions can help you buck the odds. A new BCG series, “Transformation Revisited,” shows how.

Prioritization for CTOs: The Power of Saying No

Philip Jones explains why prioritization is the unsung hero of any major transformation.

Three Traits of Successful CTOs

Moundir Rachidi discusses how great Chief Transformation Officers can lead organizations to achieve big results in short time frames.

Beyond “Agree to Disagree”: Why Leaders Need to Foster a Culture of Productive Disagreement and Debate

Senior leaders must hear the full, unvarnished truth from employees. Use simple rules of thumb and checklists to gauge and ensure your organization’s openness to productive dissent.

The Four Traits of a Successful Chief Transformation Officer

The odds are stacked against leaders who manage major organizational changes. But those who model the behaviors they seek and are persistent, hypervigilant, and flexible can improve their chances of success.

The First 100 Days Make or Break Your Transformation

If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. What do companies focus on in the critical early stages to ensure a successful transformation?

Climate and Sustainability Transformation

The Challenges of a Sustainability Transformation

When it comes to sustainability, senior leaders are shifting from ambition to execution—and that’s the hard part. Companies know they need to decarbonize and improve sustainability across their value chains, but often they struggle to translate that ambition into results.

The Strategic Race to Sustainability

To get beyond the starting line, CEOs need to approach the challenges of sustainability from a strategic and value-creation perspective in terms of both the questions they ask and the answers they seek.

Transforming for Resilience

A Resilient Balance Sheet Pays Off in Uncertain Times

Companies can gain breathing room to operate under stressful conditions; withstand the scrutiny of shareholders, creditors, and regulators; and pursue market opportunities.

Transform for Resilience: An Imperative for Good Times Too

Keep resilience on the transformation agenda. Change programs that prioritize growth, debt reduction, and operational flexibility realize the full value of resilience and build advantage for the next crisis.

Transforming for Growth: An Evidence-Based Guide

To address disruption from COVID-19, companies need to reimagine their business models with transformation that both sustainably accelerates growth and generates shareholder value.

Becoming an All-Weather Company

The coronavirus crisis brought renewed attention to the value of resilience. Our research shows that resilience has an outsized impact on performance, and companies can take certain steps to put it into practice.

Digital Transformation

AI Is Revolutionizing How Companies Manage Transformations

Analyzing massive data sets in real time, generating unbiased insights, enabling prompt course correction: an AI-based approach is powering up—and radically transforming—initiative management.

Ten Digital Moves for a Quick Performance Boost

These technology initiatives can help companies generate fast, sustainable gains without the need for a full-scale transformation.

Flipping the Odds of Digital Transformation Success

With so much at stake, why do so many companies fail?

The Transformative CEO

The Board–CEO Partnership in a Transformation

The real-world experiences of a business leader who has seen change efforts up close—while serving as CEO, board chair, and director at multiple organizations—point to five key priorities.

Bringing the Charm Back to Pandora: The CEO Talks Transformation at the World’s Largest Jewelry Brand

Pandora CEO Alexander Lacik describes the three-pronged turnaround program that helped his company revive excitement about the brand and reconnect with customers—while also radically reining in costs.

The Secrets of Successful Change from a Leading Fleet Management

By staying focused and scoring quick wins in its companywide transformation program, a world-leading fleet-management company created unprecedented new value for employees, clients, and shareholders. Equally impressive, it transformed its culture—strengthening transparency, agility, and accountability throughout the business.