Managing based on the idea of the lowest common denominator (LCD) is based on a negative view of people and overall human nature and is intended to provide protections from the weakest link in the proverbial chain. The Rule of Expectations It’s been said that people...
Living the OC Equation Through your Organization’s Actions (Habits) Because organizations are made up of people, they are subject to the same actions and human nature (read that as habits!) we all fall into as individuals. The question, both personally and...
Leaders, managers and employees, in general, spend countless hours attending meetings to review reports, plan activities, be berated for all the things that have gone wrong by a senior leader, or just wasting time discussing topics that have no appreciable effect on...
Recently one of my readers posed the following: “To be perfectly honest, I am ambivalent about this subject because I feel that most HR people concentrate far too much of their time and effort just talking, and talking, and talking some more about this subject, even...
Business leaders have a universal goal – to win. But that goal can’t be accomplished unless those leaders have two critical elements in their arsenal – 1) a winning business strategy and 2) the organizational culture (OC) required to implement the strategy. Most...
