Alice in Wonderland, A Different Approach to Organizational Change

This case shows how the new managing director of LVV transformed this trucking company from a "fossilized" and "arthritic" minor subsidiary of a Dutch shipping group into a revitalized organization. The case looks at how her own leadership characteristics contributed to the development of an authentizotic culture of trust, affiliation, and meaning for employees, and how the financial situation of the company was turned around as a result. Emma van Nijmegen is a rare example …

…meant to be successful under any circumstances, but one issue is that all the organization is revolving around her as the inspiring element. Everyone is inspired by her, and if a merger done with the Dutch company and a Dutch manager with the autocratic Dutch management style replaced Emma, then there is a probability that the team spirit and values that Emma created would fade away and hence would affect the continuity of the organization.