Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
In it for the long haul
Capability building | Organization
June 30, 2023 – Large-scale transformations of organizations often start strong but end up losing an average of 42 percent of their expected value in the later phases, according to partners Steve Armbruster, Takanori Sakamoto, and colleagues. Three practices can significantly increase the chances of success: maintain implementation rigor across the transformation program’s later stages, using the program to upgrade talent, and investing in the right resources at every stage. Companies that implement all three practices are 3.4 times more likely than their peers to say their transformations’ impact was sustained for more than three years.
To read the survey, see “How to implement transformations for long-term impact,” May 26, 2023.
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Visual form
Column comparison chart.
Layout / body structure
Four categories are laid out left to right, and each one uses the same baseline box and overlaid column so the single-practice effects can be read before the combined result at the end.
What is being compared
It compares the increased likelihood of achieving and sustaining a top-performing transformation for organizations that maintain implementation rigor, upgrade talent, invest the right resources, or do all three together.
Measurement system
The measure is multiples of increased likelihood of success, with each category benchmarked against a dashed 1.0 reference box.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Each category has a dashed baseline labeled 1.0, a filled column rising above that benchmark, a multiplier label at the top, and the practice name printed underneath.
Main takeaway from the visual
The chart makes the combined effect the center of the story by showing that all three practices together create a much larger lift than any single practice on its own.
Key standout values or extremes
The printed multipliers are 1.9x for implementation rigor, 2.0x for upgrading talent, 1.3x for investing the right resources, and 3.4x for all three elements combined.
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