A good friend, an expert in Communications, has created her new website with a prominent quote of mine, ‘Change Management […]
Stage 1: The Accidental Management team. The team is composed by whoever reports to the top. You are in that […]
It could be argued that ‘silos’ are part of the human condition and group interaction, and Chris Rodgers (Informal Coalitions) […]
The Communications function in organizations has still today one of the best chances to drive strategic change. To do this, […]
At some people’s request, I am revising an old Daily Thoughts on ‘solidarity’ in the work place. Solidarity is one […]
Performance appraisal or performance management are one thing. Forced ranking into an artificial normal distribution of people in the organization, […]
This is my alternative to the Gallup 12. You can develop a whole Organizational Development philosophy around these questions. These […]
Many organizations have a Risk Management function of some sort. Often scattered amongst different constituencies: manufacturing, engineering, R&D etc. It […]
OK, at least you’re reading. Thanks. The organization is a network. Networks have emergent properties. Translation: things come up from […]
Peer-to-peer work, transversal, spontaneous or not, collaboration, peer-to-peer influence, peer-to-peer activities of Viral Change™ champions or activists, all of this is […]
An indepth analysis of the world of ‘Digital Transformation’ shows two things. One is that there is no such thing […]
We all live and work in bureaucratic organizations. The differences between us is the dose. In today’s world, bureaucracy is […]
Following on from one of the topics discussed during yesterday’s thought-provoking webinar on The Myths of Management – leadership and […]
Three bad news people: People who sell discontent. They become experts. You may have an entire internal sales force of […]
Mastering healthy tension between them, or surrendering to an ‘impossible alignment’ is a choice for leaders and managers. The worse […]
I was told, many years ago, by somebody very close to the old Microsoft management, in Bill Gates times, that […]
Imagine this situation, which I am sure you have never come across. Just kidding. A ‘project’ (not necessarily defined as […]
If you were to list your most important people assets, above the best set of skills and competences, above the […]
A CEO asked me recently: what do you do with a manager who does not embrace or support change, in […]
I’ve written several times about the tired distinction between management and leadership. It had its logic and purpose, and made […]
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