6 Posts found for Author: Christopher G. Worley

Organizations need to pay individuals for their skills and knowledge, not for their jobs. In a work situation in which people have changing task assignments, paying the person according to their market value is much more effective than paying the job, particularly when it comes to retaining the right people. When all is said and done, it is people that have a market value, not … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Christopher G. Worley, Edward E. Lawler III | Source: University of Southern California | Subjects: Change Management, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Many organizations try to change but most of their change efforts are doomed to failure from the beginning. The type and amount of change that is attempted is simply beyond the ability of most organizations to implement successfully. Admittedly, some organizations have made amazing transformations. A key barrier in most change efforts is the motivation to change; all too often it is simply missing. We … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Christopher G. Worley, Edward E. Lawler III | Source: University of Southern California | Subjects: Change Management, Management, Organizational Behavior

As the pace of globalization and social change quickens, executives are correctly calling for greater agility, flexibility and innovation from their companies. Indeed, the premium on an organization’s ability to adapt and change should be at an all-time high. But it is not. Largely ignored in the calls for more agility is that organizations are designed to seek sustainable competitive advantages and stability. Buried deep … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Christopher G. Worley, Edward E. Lawler III | Source: University of Southern California | Subject: Management

A few large companies in every industry show consistently superior profitability relative to their peers, and they all have one thing in common: a highly developed capacity to adapt their business to change.

Content: Article | Authors: Christopher G. Worley, Edward E. Lawler III, Thomas Williams | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Management experts Lawler and Worley (authors of the bestselling Built to Change) have developed a set of management principles that enable organizations to be both successful and responsible. Existing command & control and high-involvement management styles depend too much on stable conditions and focus too narrowly on economic outcomes. They convincingly argue that we need to “reset” our approach to management to one that fits … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Christopher G. Worley, Edward E. Lawler III | Subjects: Management, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Organizations undertaking change initiatives must engage employees. Paying the person instead of the job and using variable pay and stock are perhaps the most powerful changes an organization can make in moving its reward system toward one that supports performance and change. These authors describe the reward systems and motivational tools that will move employees to support the organization’s change initiatives.

Content: Article | Authors: Christopher G. Worley, Edward E. Lawler III | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Change Management, Human Resources