There is none. Sorry to disappoint you, but I think it's time we admitted the truth here. There is no "correct" organizational structure. Deep down, we crave that right answer, that perfect solution to the problem of str ...
Every 20 years or so, we get all flustered as a new generation enters the workforce. A few years ago (and continuing today) that was the Millennials, and back in the late 80s and early 90s it was Generation X. When that ...
The third of the four human elements we discuss in Humanize is "Generative." This has always been the one people are initially least clear about, as generative is not a commonly used word (in any context, let alone the b ...
I spoke to a CEO this week who intentionally focuses the culture of his small organization around authenticity. He said people shouldn't have to be a different person at work compared to how they are at home, or when eng ...
I'm delivering a webinar for a client tomorrow on conflict resolution, and the title above is the first of my six tips that I will be delivering. This tip wasn't in the session originally, but I added it, realizing that ...
Elizabeth Engel, Leslie White, and I put out a White Paper last week on risk, strategy, and implementation. Although not in the title of the white paper, conflict is a big piece of what we write about. We need to make su ...
Both Amazon.com and Intuit have both declared publicly that their work teams should be no larger than a group that can be adequately fed with two pizzas. They do this to stay fast and nimble. I think the co-founder of Ka ...
Joy, Inc.: How We Built A Workplace People Love by Richard Sheridan Portfolio/Penguin, 2013 This book is by Richard Sheridan, who is the CEO of Menlo Innovations, a software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They' ...
Does everyone in your organization understand risk in a similar way? Have you even talked about it? When you choose a strategy, have you considered the risks (and that includes the risk of foregoing opportunities, as wel ...
That was one of the lessons from the session I delivered today at ASAE's Great Ideas Conference (the slides are embedded below; if you can't see them, click here). In the session I told (once again) the story of Fitness ...
