Articles by From the HRIQ Editorial Staff

“An organization will have a high spirit of performance if it is consistently directed toward opportunity rather than toward problems. It will have the thrill of excitement, a sense of challenge, and the satisfaction of achievement if it's energies are put where the results are, and that means on the opportunities. Of course, problems can not be neglected. But the problem-focused...Full Article »

What does perfection mean? Peter F. Drucker told a fascinating story that rendered explicit the notion of “perfection.” Said Drucker: “It is a story of the greatest sculptor of ancient Greece, Phidias. He was commissioned around 440 BC to make the statues that to this day, 2,400 years later, still stand on its roof of the Parthenon in Athens. They are considered among the...Full Article »

Challenges It's a national disgrace, and epic opportunity. Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and other leading publications point out that our investment in training is a national disgrace. This should come as no surprise. Despite lip service about people-as-our-most-important-asset, many organizations in the United States are under- training employees. Analyze...Full Article »

Peter F. Drucker provides us with a valuable lesson relating to what is necessary to succeed in a new position. Back in 1933, Drucker was working as a securities analyst in a large insurance company and then, a year later, joined a fast-growing private bank as the firm's economist and executive secretary to three senior partners. Initially, he worked exclusively with two of the younger...Full Article »

Productivity of knowledge and service workers will soon become a major issue as creeping inflation becomes more apparent... and workers ask for wage increases. Increases in wages without corresponding increases in worker productivity inevitably leads to further price increases. Why? Organizations tend to pass cost increases to customers in the form of price increases. It doesn't take a...Full Article »

Many internal training organizations must really start to reinvent themselves––or face the prospect of significant downsizing. CEOs and CFOs are now demanding investments in training deliver maximum value to the organization. Translated, this means training budgets are being put under the microscope. Training costs––their identification, measurement, and...Full Article »

Every major business publication, in the recent past, has featured articles on the importance of an MBA degree. Business schools have become a thriving growth industry. Of late, many have contended that the university has become a credential cartel controlling the rights of entrance into the job market. Further, many are beginning to question the value of an MBA. Typical criticisms claim that...Full Article »

Unless many internal training organizations really start to reinvent themselves, they face downsizing for the sake of downsizing––that is, slashing and cutting for the sake of the numbers rather than to enable their organization to win on the corporate battlefield. What is needed for the next phase of managing training for results––and time is of the...Full Article »

Both Peter F. Drucker and Harvard's Ted Levitt noted that creativity is only one part of successful innovation. They provided a treasure trove of practical insights into the notions of creativity, ideation and innovation. It's often said: People often confuse good management with a good idea that makes management look good. However, a good idea must be put into action. This requires hard...Full Article »

Peter F. Drucker rendered explicit the interrelationship between and among three distinct concepts—namely, abandonment, concentration and Pareto's Law (a.k.a. the 80/20 Principle). Abandonment and concentration, Drucker reminded us, are opposite sides of the same coin. Simply put, abandoning unproductive and obsolete activities frees up resources to concentrate on result areas....Full Article »

Without doubt, a handful of internal training organizations have rendered the established agenda of corporate training—its work, priorities and perceived mission—largely obsolete. They have set the stage for the training function to adopt a new agenda and thereby create unprecedented business value by providing clearer evidence of the impact of training on financial performance. It...Full Article »