ONLY THE BUSINESS

AGILE WILL SURVIVE

Peter Taylor:

Global PMO leader, PM Professional

and author of the #1 Amazon Bestseller
‘The Lazy Project Manager’
Why CEOs get fired!

A four-year study by LeadershipIQ.com compiled the following results after interviewing 1,087 board members from 286
public, private, business and healthcare organizations that fired, or otherwise forced out, their chief executive.
Why CEOs get fired!
Reasons why CEOs get fired
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%
Mis-managing change Tolerating low performers Ignoring customers Too much talk, not Denying reality
enough action

A four-year study by LeadershipIQ.com compiled the following results after interviewing 1,087 board members from 286
public, private, business and healthcare organizations that fired, or otherwise forced out, their chief executive.
Mis-managing Change!
Reasons why CEOs get fired
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%
Mis-managing change Tolerating low performers Ignoring customers Too much talk, not Denying reality
enough action

A four-year study by LeadershipIQ.com compiled the following results after interviewing 1,087 board members from 286
public, private, business and healthcare organizations that fired, or otherwise forced out, their chief executive.
CONNECTED
FOUNDATIONS
Peter Taylor
Perception – and the lack of data
True Portfolio Value (example)

• Portfolio Starting Value - belief

True Portfolio Value (example)

• Say Compliance is 40%

• Say Growth is 60%
• Cost impact of Compliance is 2:1
• Value add of Growth is 4:1
True Portfolio Value (example)

• Compliance is 40% (8m) @ 2:1 = 16m

• Growth is 60% (12m) @ 4:1 = 48m
• Starting Value = 20m
True Portfolio Value (example)

• Disruption say 20% of Total = 16.8m

• Failure Factor say 10% of Growth = 4.8m
True Portfolio Value (example)

• True Portfolio Value

We found…

85% of organisations had sponsors in place

83% of organisations don’t train/support/guide sponsors

100% of respondents believed that having a good sponsor

was key to project success
C-level interest

Business
Allocate Case

Business
Burn Case
Spend Spend

Business Project Business

Invest Case Delivery Benefits
WHY YOU NEED TO
GET BUSINESS AGILE
Peter Taylor
Ad-Hoc/Unplanned
Communication
Culture
Change on change
Readiness
BENEFITS OF BEING
BUSINESS AGILE
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Why now?
Evolutionary
Source: The Social Organization (Bradley/McDonald) Harvard Business Review
Press
Self Correcting/Balancing
Peter Taylor is ‘The Lazy Project
Manager’, author of a #1 Amazon
Bestseller, speaker/author/trainer –
and Head of Global PMO at Aptos
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Peter Taylor
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