Corporate LifeCycles Network Inc.

Pathway to PRIME®

Our core program –Pathway to PRIME® -- is a powerful change management platform that enables organizations to:

Make the transition from entrepreneurship to professional management.
Regain entrepreneurial vitality and flexibility when the “writing is on the wall” and the organization is out of touch with its markets, customers and competitors.
Rapidly implement fundamental systemic as well as process improvements in a co-operative manner.
Align their strategy, structure, processes and people.

Organizations that deploy Pathway to PRIME® usually do so to address some or all of the following symptoms:

Confusion of roles and responsibilities
Little or no accountability
One man or one woman show
Declining revenues
Difficulty managing conflict
Loss of market share in core markets
Slow to bring new products to market
Unclear mission, vision and strategy
Unclear priorities because everything is a priority
Slow decision-making
Low productivity
Low morale
Disengaged workforce
Problems managing growth
Teams don't produce expected results

VIDEOS

One executive's experience with Pathway to PRIME®

The Morton Dean Pathway to PRIME® Interviews

"I have recently been catching up with some old Derwent friends and ex-colleagues and discovered just how much Derwent and ISI have been transformed since I left and so thought I would drop you a line to say hello and well done.

Based upon what I have heard and a viewing of their websites it seems that the foundations that were created during the initial Pathway to Prime workshops have paid off and no doubt created the framework for the companies to develop and expand successfully.

I have to say that the approach you took in leading the company through such a thorough and accurate identification of Derwent's complex problems - then facilitating a highly effective recovery plan is the most impressive business turnaround strategy I have ever seen.

No doubt you will have continued to roll out further improvements across Thomsons but when I recall the depth of the complexities of the situation at Derwent - and how it appears at least from the external view to be now a fully integrated Thomson asset - I think it speaks volumes for the approach you developed and your painstaking attention to the detail of the process.

I think on reflection the primary thing I learned is that there is not one single correct way to structure an organisation - but that the structure must meet the business needs which I think in Derwent's case was to be more aligned with its markets."

Richard Ralston

"The Corporate Lifecycles process worked for us. It brought clarity and focus to our strategic options and helped us to develop an implementation plan that had the support of the entire senior management team. I strongly recommend it."
Fred Cahill
CEO
ERA Technology Ltd

“The best methodology for organizational alignment and change management that I know.”
Richard Harrington CEO
The Thomson Corporation
United States

“A structured and highly effective approach to organizational change that delivered tangible and positive results from our efforts to rejuvenate our company and prepare for a competitive energy market."
Fridrik Sophusson, CEO
The National Power Company
Iceland

"The Corporate LifeCycles approach to strategic change, founded on a deep understanding of the developmental maturity of our organization, gave us clear insight into the difference between normal and abnormal problems, and this in turn helped to guide the order in which initiatives were tackled."
Brian Marshall, Managing Director
Thales Defence Information Systems
United Kingdom

“A simple yet effective set of tools and methodology for a company to align its organization, validate or develop its strategy and structure itself to reach a high level of performance. Their approach also ensures that all of this gets implemented."
Jay Spach, Snr Vice-President
The Thomson Corporation
United States

“The only change management process we have ever been able to say actually works and it has become the method by which we do business effectively.”
Jeri Ferree
Vice President, Human Resources
Micromedex, Inc.
United States

"This is an effective way to get people together to identify issues and address the issues, and I like that. It facilitates communication, and I like that. It facilitates problem solving, and I like that. It also makes everyone in the room act as peers in trying to solve a problem, and I like that, too"
Bob Cullen
CEO
Thomson Learning

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