Inspired by Gary Hamel's "The Future of Management", I facilitated the transformation of one of my company's business units from a 20th century hierarchical
Increasing trust and reducing fear has a causal relationship to the meritocratic organization coupled to strong internal leadership. Trust and fear is indicative of xenophobia endemic to the fir
José may be a typical Latin name, but in this story of a Mexican doing business in Brazil is not a very common one. For one thing he chose to strive in an Emergent Economy.
Implement a performance review mechanism that allows every employee to give themselves an "A" at the beginning of the period and then summarize what they are going to accomplish to earn that A.
While so many of us acknowledge how critical ongoing feedback is to engaging and developing top contributors, very few actually do something about it. What's up?
Clearly, you've given this trust thing some thought. We're off to a good start with these 15 tweets. I'm seeing at least four qualities that run as themes throughout this list: Transparency Responsiveness Consistency Courtesy One idea that hasn't been put forward yet is something that Whole Foods...
Fundamental infrastructure innovations must overcome a steeper than normal entry barrier. The market-place considers them an avoidable adventure regardless of need. Early adopters are rare.
by Joy Kosta Ben Heineman, GE's former senior vice-president for law and public affairs and currently a senior fellow at Harvard Law School and at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, also author of "High Performance with High Integrity," says that effective leaders “find a sound balance between...
