The Story of Sears Holdings  

  1. How would you describe Eddie Lampert’s leadership style?
  2. How would you assess his approach to implementing major organizational change—in this case, restructuring the whole company with a new organizational model?
  3. On balance, would you assess his organizational model as having been a success, or not?
  4. What lessons about managing organizational change can we take from this experience and apply to other organizations, in this or other sectors?