Almost every organization wants to produce meaningful innovation. It is an area to which the most attention is being given today. Innovation is just one component in what is being... read more

Often, managers treat Human Resources like their auto insurer—they only call when there’s a catastrophe. While understandable, that’s not particularly helpful. Waiting until an... read more

In your first college philosophy class you inevitably debated the question, “if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” Obviously the... read more

When asked about his ability to predict the future so accurately, something he had said couldn’t be done by anyone, Drucker answered that he simply “looked out... read more

Transparent: easily seen through, recognized or detected. Take all of the same work styles of your current department and stick them in any other company. What's different? What's the... read more

Steps to Achieve Business Alignment If needs are not defined clearly and early in the process, a flawed project can result, creating inefficiencies and other problems. In this article we... read more

Low employee engagement and the millions of dollars that this is costing U.S. companies each year continue to be a challenge for executive teams... read more

“A critical question for leaders is, “When do you stop pouring resources into things that have achieved their purpose?” The most dangerous... read more

If organizations are living things, then the human beings who work there are the cells of the body. If the health of the body (i.e. the culture) is ignored, being focused instead on... read more

I had just finished delivering a workshop in Hong Kong and was at a dinner with local HR executives. We were talking about my recent book, The Arts of Influence . One executive... read more