Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

Specifically, employees perceive the fairness of evaluation processes when they feel included and respected. When employees perceive fairness in the evaluation processes, they are more likely to accept their evaluations, in which case they will digest the information contained in the evaluations and motivate themselves accordingly.

Performance Review 15

Performance Review Comparison Review Reference 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2011

Wikipedia defines culture as "the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group." But how do you come to an agreement on those "shared" attitudes, values, goals, and practices ? Put teeth into the new culture by integrating it into HR processes.

Influence 15

Influence Welch Guidelines Goal 15

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2008

Replace chronic underperformers after they’ve been given a fair chance to meet performance goals. Instead of job description we call it a job “scorecard” because first-year performance goals are spelled out. And even better yet, when this process is widely known, low performers will not apply.

How To 126

How To Reference Cost Case Study 126

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2014

For example, during CEO Mary Barra’s testimony in Washington, few lawmakers seemed interested in exactly how GM plans to change its processes, and Barra, while acknowledging that the company needs to improve safety procedures, made it clear that the company won’t share the data from its internal investigation of ignition-switch defects.

Incentives 8

Incentives Performance Review Welch Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. The hard part is executing the idea to build a business, which takes a process that actually works.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

While this process does help to leverage a leader''s time, it also has its dark side — it shields the senior executive from direct contact with many of the issues, dynamics, and ideas that are percolating throughout the organization. As a senior leader, breaking through this pattern is not easy.

Execution 8

Execution Middle Management Welch CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2012

For example, when Google launched a big data-driven program to identify what separated their top managers from the rest, and they ended up with bromides such as "be a good coach," "empower your team" and "be a good communicator.". In short, he is an empire builder, and we don't have to look far to find examples of empire-building bosses.

Management 16

Management Gordon Welch Chemicals 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This all starts with thinking carefully about how employees are motivated, and how you can have the right reward systems in place to achieve your desired goal. Five years ago, Jack Welch famously stated that there are three fundamental ways to motivate employees: financial rewards, recognition, and a clear mission.

Team 10

Team Welch Motivation Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Working across organizational boundaries was a new way of thinking 25 years ago —one that was largely championed by Jack Welch, then CEO of GE. Welch’s “boundaryless organization” should seemingly be the de facto reality for most companies. They didn’t want to implement processes that prevented this.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Unlimited suggests the Biblical leader, Nehemiah, is a great example of all the roles, but fits well as an ambassador. They will jump in and work side by side with staff to meet goals, encouraging and lifting spirits. The good news is that people generally rise to the level of expectations placed on them.” Mark Miller. They get it!

Leadership 180

Leadership Engineering Welch Collins 180

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

At best, they serve other goals: allocating compensation fairly, and aligning each individual’s goals with the values and strategies of the company. However, even if these were sufficient goals, managers would still be frustrated by how poorly ratings-based Human Capital Management (HCM) systems achieves them.

Management 11

Management System Learning-by-Doing Welch 11

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

One can hardly imagine a decentralized decision- making process in his operations. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example. Everyone in this model knows the goals of the organization and where they fit. There's no doubt this is a man with vision and drive. GE and HCL. Many-market organization.

Succession 113

Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113