CONSTANT CHANGE AT TOYOTA
As of April 2017, Toyota was the fifth largest company in the world in terms of revenue.
Toyota has a culture of continuous change and improvement.
Everyone in the organization, from executives to shop floor workers and production line workers, are given the capability and permission to drive change. When they see an opportunity, they can respond.
In April 2017, Toyota’s key financials in US millions were:
Revenue: $254,694
Profits: $16,899.3
Assets: $437,575
They must be doing something right in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry.
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Just as organizations have had to come to the realisation that change is constant and that they have to evolve to reflect the world in which they now live, soccer teams have had to do the same.
Soccer has had to evolve over the years to deal with changes in the environment, skills of the opposition, and the type of competition.
The rate of change has dramatically increased with advancing technologies, increased versatility of players, and the availability of instant information enabling fast decision-making.
In this situation, change is not led and managed by the manager and coach alone. Everyone in the team (manager, coach, and players) identifies the need for change, initiates the change, and drives it forward. The ideas and energy in the face of constant change come from the entire team.
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