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7 Tips for Aspiring Defense Contractors

Strategy Driven

You may not be sure where to start and find yourself searching for answers to questions like what is CMMC compliance ? Most contracts today require compliance with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. If you take the proper steps, you may be able to land one of these lucrative deals for your company.

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Endo and Exoskeleton plus natural metaphors for organizational capacity

Mike Cardus

With the exoskeleton concept — the organization is internally ready to mature or pupate and has to prepare. It has gotten so big that the ligaments and bones (endoskeleton) cannot hold up the outside, and problems will happen, so we need to build up the inside (endoskeleton) or cut back on the muscles.

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Pay Equity: The Key to Unlocking Employee Trust and Company Success

HR Digest

However, a staggering 95% of companies are unable to attain pay equity maturity. Conversely, the remaining 95% of companies had recurring issues with pay equity and employee experience, with only sporadic projects to address the issue or until legal, compliance, or reputational risks arose. times more likely to attract talent, and 1.7

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How to “Freshen up” your Stale Succession Planning Process

Great Leadership By Dan

Here are a few “secrets” that I picked up that might help those that already have mature succession planning processes, and are looking for ways to take it to the next level. The ones that do it well just treat it as a strategic imperative, and the ones that don’t treat it as just another HR compliance exercise.

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Leading Projects: Balancing Rational with Emotion

QAspire

This results in disengagement (or in other words, dispassionate compliance ) where people do the minimum required to get a task done. Processes standards are getting better and more mature. The cost of an emotionally disengaged team to a project is huge. Organizations have thousands of hours of project management experience.

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What is DISC?

Chart Your Course

Descriptors High D High I High S High C Dominant, Driver, Choleric, Direct, Daring, Forceful, Blunt, Innovative, Decisive, Competitive, Strong-willed, Bold, Results-Oriented, Domineering, Aggressive, Strong Ego, Strength, Goal-Oriented, Problem Solver, Quick, Challenge-Oriented, Persistent, Inquisitive, Demanding, Impatient, Authoritative, Adventuresome, (..)

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How Mature is Your Risk Management?

Harvard Business Review

Most have done a great job of containing their financial reporting and compliance risks. At the same time, they are effectively containing financial reporting and compliance risks. What does maturity look like in practice? They may have streamlined or automated their internal controls.