1297 Posts found for Source: strategy+business

Many well-being initiatives fall short of expectations, because they only offer ways to relieve stress — for example, through yoga classes or massages — and do not resolve the problems that originally caused the stress. If organizations want to be serious about employee well-being, they need to reconsider how work gets done and systematically remove unnecessary stress factors.

Content: Quotation | Author: Jochen Menges | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Human Resources

“What time frame should we have for our strategy” is the wrong question. The better question is, “What changes does our strategy need, and how much time do we need to implement them?” In other words, leaders have a five-year strategy if the changes they want to make to their strategy will take five years to implement.

Content: Quotation | Author: Ken Favaro | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Strategy

In a difficult environment, leaders need to resist the impulse to adopt a defensive pose. They must instead take actions that will position their organization for success.

Content: Article | Authors: Heather Swanston, Mohamed Kande, Will Jackson-Moore | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Strategy

In the new book Fully Grown, economist Dietrich Vollrath argues that the recent spell of moderate growth in the U.S. is a sign of success.

Content: Article | Authors: Dietrich Vollrath, Mike Jakeman | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Economics

Three key pay and performance metrics can help define and influence an organization’s values.

Content: Article | Authors: Adam Bryant, David Reimer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Compensation, Human Resources

How to build the mental habits that enable you to make a living while making a better world.

Editor’s Note: I don’t think the material presented in this article really relates to leadership but rather is in the realm of self-management and emotional intelligence as well as decision making.

Content: Article | Authors: Art Kleiner, Jeffrey Schwartz, Josie Thomson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

No purpose? No problem. Create customers, care for employees, be a good citizen, and make money instead.

Content: Article | Author: Theodore Kinni | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Organizations that don’t have a profit imperative still need to answer three critical questions.

Content: Article | Author: Ken Favaro | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Nonprofit, Strategy

The midsized companies in the U.S. that grow the fastest understand their strong suits and play their hands accordingly.

Content: Article | Authors: Jeannette R. Gatchell, Thomas A. Stewart | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Best Practices

Professor Jochen Menges on the ways companies can develop well-being initiatives that genuinely make people feel better.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Jochen Menges, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Today’s technology platforms are not just new versions of legacy systems. They allow you to design a completely new digital enterprise — as long as you follow these guidelines. For more insight, see “A Guide to Modernizing Your Company’s Technology.”

Content: Article | Authors: Leon Cooper, Milan Vyas | Source: strategy+business | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Psychological safety takes off the brakes that keep people from achieving what’s possible. But it’s not the fuel that powers the car. In any challenging industry setting, leaders have two vital tasks. One, they must build psychological safety to spur learning and avoid preventable failures; two, they must set high standards and inspire and enable people to reach them.

Content: Quotation | Author: Amy Edmondson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Why should organizations care about groupthink? Why not just let the prevailing point of view stand? That may be an expedient solution, but it can cause problems in the long run. An innovative enterprise needs employees who feel that they can contribute freely and bring their whole selves to work. If people are expected to rise above the status quo and challenge their competitors, they … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Malcolm Thompson, Maud Lindley | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

If you’re a leader taking a stand on values in your enterprise, you have a seemingly Herculean task: to engage all your employees, regardless of their attitudes and backgrounds. It’s not possible to achieve your goal by excluding the people who disagree with the prevailing corporate point of view. Nor can you avoid values altogether these days; some topics, including diversity and inclusion, LGBT identity, … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Malcolm Thompson, Maud Lindley | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Many companies support resource groups that bring people together, but stop short of assessing their value.

Content: Article | Author: Maya Townsend | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Diversity, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

In the midst of predictive analytics and machine learning, with big data sweeping across sectors and industries, the importance of small data cannot be overstated. Big data and machine learning concern themselves with correlation, not causation. Computers excel at precision, rigor, and consistency, but they are not designed to integrate social interactions across domains, or traverse data online and offline, or come up with a … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Howard Yu | Source: strategy+business | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

I’ve seen senior executives become entranced by profitability, resource production, asset utilization, top-line revenue, and any one of a number of other measures. As a result, they take their eye off cash. The outcome is predictable: The income statement strengthens while the balance sheet weakens and, ultimately, the company falters because it can’t pay its bills.

Content: Quotation | Author: Liz Sweigart | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Finance

If cash is king, why is it treated as a by-product rather than a focus? I argue that the most important thing to look at in evaluating business performance is cash accessibility, or the ability of a company to use its free cash when and where it needs it. Businesses may have cash tied up in different places for a variety of reasons — often … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Liz Sweigart | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Finance

Our work with succession candidates indicates that a track record of grooming multiple effective leaders is an oft-overlooked measure of authentic leadership capability, yet a reliable predictor of C-suite performance. It is also a measure of self-awareness; people who rise quickly in an organization usually have bosses who are looking out for their best interests.

A leader who develops leaders is also more likely to … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Adam Bryant, David Reimer, Harry Feuerstein | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership

Increasing the number of women at every level of an organization is possible if its leaders are ready to use practical solutions.

Content: Article | Authors: Addie Swartz, James M. Citrin | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Women in Business