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How to Make Organizational Change Enduring

Six Disciplines

Here''s a real shocker: In a survey of 3,300 senior managers and human resource professionals reported by Rob Lebow in his Washington CEO magazine. Most organizations say their most important assets are their people, but few behave as if this were true. 75% of all organizational change programs fail. Why is change so hard ?

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A Four-wheel-drive Diamond in the Rough Leadership Model

Great Leadership By Dan

These results can be, in my experience, best conceived as a progression of outcomes moving from intangible assets to tangible outcomes. All of these take place within an environmental context that includes the financial markets, the economy, competition, labor markets, regulatory environments, and other environmental factors.

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business Review

firms gravitate towards digital strategies, firms have less need for elaborate finance, marketing, production, distribution, accounting, and human resource departments. Digital firms are as valuable for their intangible capital as were the 20 th century firms for their land, building, and factories.

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