Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders can no longer afford to let the vagaries of the job market determine who leaves and who stays. We must manage our human assets with the same rigor we devote to our financial assets. In addition to reducing bureaucracy, high-performing, high-tech companies provide freedom in dress codes, scheduled hours, and lifestyle choices.

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), however, was successful in transforming its bureaucracy. The entrenched culture of the Department of Defense defeated attempts to change it.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

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. Taking 50% of the population off the table meant losing too much potential talent.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising Training 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

As a result, we expect to see America’s leading companies leveraging what Mark Cuban calls the “spot market for intellect” for an increasing share of their needs. This is already happening in some places. Many complex projects on HourlyNerd, for example, are posted, negotiated, and closed within 24 to 48 hours.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Bureaucracy Cost Wilde 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 30, 2012

The fact that giant companies don’t operate this way opens the door for the smaller competitor. Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, business machine. In the final analysis, bureaucracy is every company’s greatest threat. Creativity. But, beware.

Bureaucracy 245

Bureaucracy Constraint Creativity Discount 245

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Corporate giants dominated markets and gobbled up competitors; along the way they failed to cope with rapid change. Bureaucracy and stagnation set in. The change-makers are small- to medium-size enterprises that either lead niche categories or are hell-bent on knocking the big guy from the top rung of a mass market.

Mass Marketing 100

Mass Marketing Bureaucracy Entrepreneur Class 100