Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. To retain top talent in the future, executives will need to clearly identify, develop, involve, and recognize key people. Relax the culture. .

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2011

And although pundits continue to encourage entrepreneurial thinking for stagnating mega-businesses, these bureaucracies can’t break from risk-averse management. Human Resources. The constraint in most of these companies is the fear of failure. Their marketing teams research everything to death. December 4, 2011 at 3:20 pm.

CEO 235

CEO Bureaucracy Brand Constraint 235

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine. Roivant’s first response was to address misaligned incentives.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Proliferating bureaucracies, expanding org charts, increasingly powerful central staffs, competing departmental agendas—all interfere with the focus on the customer and the deep connection with the details of the business that allowed these companies to grow successfully in the first place.

Company 11

Company Hotels Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

It was clear to me then that the Defense Department would need to keep pace with the dramatic changes — many of them technological — reshaping the economy, the labor market, and human resource management. Developing Talent. Attracting Talent.

Talent Management 10

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising Training 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” In less mature economies and fragile regions of the world, entrepreneurs are just as, if not more, critical to livelihoods and development. Among the initial findings : more effective programs emphasize communication skills, networking, and organizational structure over developing finance and accounting skills.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

When common sense and bureaucracy clash, you see headlines like the one about a longtime Lowe’s employee who was fired for calling 911 on a shoplifter. ” Together, the group determines gaps and develops standards or expectations of each other that drive committed behaviors as members of a high-performing team.

Policies 11

Policies Price Handbook Compliance 11