Claudine Gartenberg
What’s interesting is that people often treat middle managers as the dispensable layer of the organization. This may be a contracting issue. Those at the very top are incentivized with high compensation tied to stock options. Those at the very bottom have simpler tasks that are spelled out in legally enforceable hourly contracts. Not so for those in the middle, who are responsible for implementing … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Claudine Gartenberg | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Human Resources, Motivation, Organizational Behavior
Claudine Gartenberg
As … Viktor Frankl noted in his writings, we are motivated not so much by money or material objects as by a fundamental need for meaning in our lives, which may come from family, religion, our vocation or something else that acts as the modal force of who we are as individuals. Now, taking that insight and expanding it to companies in the shared sense, … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Claudine Gartenberg | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Having a Clear Purpose Drives Performance
Does corporate purpose influence firm performance? More than two decades ago, the scholars Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal argued that purpose, not strategy, structure or systems, was the essential precursor to effective management. Since then, the public discourse on purpose has gone up substantially. And while there’s a growing body of research on related topics — from CSR to ESG — when it comes … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Claudine Gartenberg | Source: IESE Insight | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Having a Clear Purpose Drives Performance
Does corporate purpose influence firm performance? More than two decades ago, the scholars Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal argued that purpose, not strategy, structure or systems, was the essential precursor to effective management. Since then, the public discourse on purpose has gone up substantially. And while there’s a growing body of research on related topics — from CSR to ESG — when it comes … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Claudine Gartenberg | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Best Practices, Management, Organizational Behavior