Leading Transformation: Lessons from Kraft Foods

It’s all too easy to talk about topics like transformation and restructuring in the abstract.  While there are certainly best practices that can be generalized, it’s particularly instructive to learn from concrete examples.  That’s why I was excited when a colleague shared an article from Booz & Company about Kraft Foods Inc.’s three year restructuring project.

This 11-page article is really a case study of Kraft’s transformation – told through the eyes and words of eleven key leaders.

Sample Grab:

There is often a tendency to believe that when you make a structural change first, everything else will follow. However, structural, cultural, and operational changes are typically made together, and they influence one another.

Great stuff!  To read the article, click here.

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