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"No great improvements in the lot of mankind
are possible, until a great change takes place in the fundamental
constitution of their modes of thought." -
John Mill
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 Far-sighted
leaders recognize that the usual fads and fix-its of re-structuring,
right- sizing, BPR, TQM & over-reliance on financial magic bullets
were never intended to deal with the consequences of RADICAL CHANGE.
OSI specializes in handling the unique challenges of radical change
confronting today's business, government organizations and NGO's.
Since 1986, OSI has consistently demonstrated its ability to compete
with high-profile consulting firms in a cost effective manner. We,
at OSI, pride ourselves on providing customized services for each
of our clients. Learn more about the
OSI difference»
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- Change
Strategy Consulting
- Assess the impact of external change forces on the business's
ability to compete
- Plot the business on OSI's proprietary Business Change Cycle™
- Develop a comprehensive road-map for creating/managing change
- Identify and develop change leaders
- Build a consensus for change and implement the change strategy
- Business strategy implementation
- Turnaround
Management & Business Strategy
- Redirecting the business to ensure long-term success
- Developing a new business model for a changing marketplace
- Building internal strengths to support performance
- Replacement management during periods of major change or crisis
- Corporate Culture Building
- Create a change-ready corporate culture
- Proprietary corporate culture benchmarking (state of the art)
- Assess the gap between the corporate culture's existing characteristics
and those required by competitive market conditions
- Revitalize or redirect the corporate culture to support new
strategies and performance requirements
- Post-shock culture building after a merger or reengineering
- Building corporate accountability
- Organization Effectiveness
- Aligning & integrating internal functions to support
business goals
- Benchmarking standards
- Building an exceptional customer service organization
- Executive Team Development
- In-depth assessment of executive team members capabilities
- Leadership team coaching to better manage business change
- Build a strong executive team
- Succession planning and identification of high-potential leaders
for the future
- Post Merger Integration
- Identify people related issues
- Retain & integrate talent
- Integrate culture and transfer knowledge
- Build commitment to the new organization
- Strategic Organization Design
- Design strategies in response to new marketplace imperatives
- building the organization of the future
- Realignment to strengthen communications, decision-making,
action-taking processes
- Alternative design strategies to support the culture and to
improve marketplace interface
- Human Resource Strategy
- Develop a human resource strategy that supports business
strategy and organization effectiveness
- Link job design and performance management to operational
requirements
- Succession planning for middle and senior management
- Proprietary HR audit process
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK
"Jerry Want demonstrates -with no holds barred, real world examples- how ignoring the importance of a company's culture can lead to the demise of even the mightiest enterprise. His hierarchy of corporate cultures provides a helpful guide for assessing and transforming a company's culture.
--Jeffrey L. Bleustein, Ph.D. Chairman & CEO (Ret.), Harley-Davidson Motor Inc.
"Dr. Want provides keen insights as to how management and boards of directors can deal with the culture of the enterprises they serve. This book should be required reading for executives and stakeholders." -
--George Vojta, Chairman, E Standards Forum; Vice Chairman (Ret), Bankers Trust
"The human side of business continues to confound even the best of corporations. Cultures must change as the business model changes. Dr. Want's newest book provides useful insights and strategies for transforming any business culture into a winning business culture." -
--James Walker, Ph.D, President, The Walker Group Founder -The Human Resource Planning Society
"At last, a real world perspective on the vital issue of corporate culture with solid recommendations for transforming underperforming and flawed business cultures into high performing cultures that will drive corporate success. No one understands the issue better than Jerry Want." -
--Howard Levin, President and Chief Executive Officer (Ret). Digicon Electronics
"In today's radically changed business climate, corporate culture has become the critical difference between failure and long-term success. Dr. Jerry Want provides keen insights for understanding and building an ethical and performance-driven business culture."
-- James M. Coblin, Vice President, Nucor Corp.
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 Former
IBM CEO Lou Gerstner on Corporate Culture
Charlie Rose: What is the most important thing that
CEO's can do to ensure the success of their business?
Lou Gerstner: CEO's need to recognize that corporate culture is
not just one thing they have to attend to, it's EVERYTHING they
do.
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