For high-performing organizations, a robust, comprehensive performance management system is an essential element of their enduring success. They tend to resist the popular temptation to employ simplified, “check the box” systems offered by so many providers,...
In working with senior leadership teams in strategic sessions, I make it a habit to challenge them to identify and articulate their organization’s unique strengths. These are the characteristics that differentiate them from other organizations which are otherwise...
Few realities of organizational life are the subject of more complaints than meetings. Large or small, scheduled or ad hoc, meetings are as necessary as they are annoying. There’s a better way. There are four key elements which, taken together, drive...
Few realities of organizational life are the subject of more complaints than meetings. Large or small, scheduled or ad hoc, meetings are as necessary as they are annoying. There’s a better way. There are four key elements which, taken together, drive far better...
Employee engagement has always mattered. Organizations with strong operating cultures point to high levels of active participation and engagement as key factors in their enduring success. This has taken on even greater importance as businesses large and...
In a recent conversation with the CEO of a prospective client, I asked whether they had a statement of corporate values. He proudly answered in the affirmative. So far, so good. I asked what they were. Not only was he not sure what they...
