Introduction -- Step one: Increase urgency- getting people to say "let's do something" -- Step two: Build guiding teams- finding the right people to make change happen -- Step three: Get the vision right- seeing the future -- Step four: Communicate for buy-in- getting the message right and...

Kumar introduces readers to India's preeminent global companies and explains how they differ from their international rivals. Every manager should understand the histories and the business trajectories of these prospective competitors, collaborators, and customers whose names will soon be as...

Pt. 1. The change problem and its solution. Transforming organizations : why firms fail -- Successful change and the force that drives it -- pt. 2. The eight-stage process. Establishing a sense of urgency -- Creating the guiding coalition -- Developing the guiding coalition -- Developing a...