Non-financial factors play a prominent role A global analysis from Mercer – conducted among nearly 30,000 employees in 17 geographic markets reveals that non-financial factors play a prominent role in influencing employee motivation and engagement....
What is organizational culture The dynamics of organizational culture. The importance of culture in organizations One of the most important building blocks for a highly successful organization and an extraordinary workplace is “organizational culture”. The...
Old sources of advantage don’t matter much anymore Old sources of advantage, like manufacturing power, distribution strength, even mastery of information flow, don’t matter much anymore. The value of products and services today is based...
Leadership and respect - Respect pays off It's incredibly important to convey respect when leaders interacting with their employees. While that may seem obvious, unfortunately not nearly enough leaders do it. In a study of nearly...
Ipad & co. are replacing computers Back in 2010, a few months after the iPad’s release, Steve Jobs predicted that tablets would eventually overtake PCs. Now, according to updated figures from Gartner, after five years...
Employees do not leave their jobs or company, they leave their bosses There is a saying that employees do not leave their jobs or company, they leave their bosses. After suffering an embarrassing public reprimand...
The right way to hold people accountable Accountability is not simply taking the blame when something goes wrong. It’s not a confession. Accountability is about delivering on a commitment. It’s responsibility to an outcome, not...
Culture a top priority for business leaders This is a statement from a TED talk by Rainer Strack on his interpretation of the workforce challenge. It sounds counter intuitive, but in the near future, many of...
Focus on performance measurement Organizations today face complex business challenges. Over the last several years, the economy has forced many organizations to address the difficult decision of achieving business results with fewer resources. The new...
Organizational values It's one thing to have beliefs and values spelled out in a frame in the conference room. It's another thing to have genuine and memorable beliefs that are directional, alive and modeled throughout...
Toxic organizational culture and business performance Allowing your organizational culture to become polluted by toxicity is a death blow to your vision and strategy. How do you gauge if your culture is driving or damaging...
Managing change in today's organizations is not getting any easier Managing change in today's organizations is not getting any easier. However, doing it well is the new imperative. For companies to survive and strive in...
