Organizational culture is the next frontier in organizational performance. Get the company culture right, and everything else will fall into place. As a statement to the power of culture, the late Peter Drucker famously said, “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Yet while spending millions on strategy, companies spend relatively little on organizational culture. The challenge…
Six Employee Engagement Strategies Of High-Impact Organizations Two broad assumptions form the foundation for modern workforce engagement strategies. First, workforce engagement is the responsibility of every employee. it is the responsibility of the employee to arrive at work excited to give their best. If they don’t, remediation is required. The second assumption is that workforce…
Leadership principles and values have been a subject for discussion since Aristotle. Every writer has their top ten leadership principles and values considered essential for effective leadership. However, the real question is not what they are, but do they mean anything? In the heat of competitive battle, do leadership principles and values get in the…
Let’s Rethink the Idea of Followership! It is time to rethink the idea of followership. I recently attended a conference where one of the speakers spoke glowingly about the need to develop “followership.” Her logic was impeccable. Give the workforce reasons to enjoy following their leaders. Really? Give the employees reasons to enjoy being followers?…
Forward thinking organizations are realizing that a great customer experience is dependent upon a great workforce experience. But who is responsible?
It is time to think about love in the same breath with leadership. It is word we don’t use too often, especially in a fast passed technology driven, competitive market. Yet when leaders of world class organizations speak of love, it is time we start paying attention.
There is no conflict between the morality of taking care of workers and expecting high stakeholder value. In fact, taking care of the workforce drives stakeholder value. Excellence combines both the moral argument of care for people and the economic driver of stakeholder value
Private organizations have much they could learn from the military. Everyday, the armed forces take ordinary young men and women and turn them into leaders. It is a routine and we can all learn much by their process and example.
Forward thinking companies are beginning to think about the employee experience. After all, it is the employees that create the customer experience, right?
Elite organizations do not leave the critically important function of leadership up to the good will of a few. They intentionally design their system of leadership to give them the best opportunity of achieving their business objectives.