Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

Company 345

Company Management Survey SWOT 345

Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 3, 2011

This is why issues like individual empowerment and employee motivation must find their way during strategy development and formulation at the board level as later ‘adjustments’ by middle and line management during the execution phase fall more under ‘fire-fighting’.

Motivation 61

Motivation SWOT Competitive Advantage Analysis 61

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

Plan: Plans need to be continually reviewed to keep the team on track Productivity (Measures & Accountability): assigning tasks, measuring success and rewarding results are an oft overlooked element of successful team development. the losers that were at the bottom of the heap).

Tips 34

Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Developed during World War II, CARVER (then one letter shorter and known as CARVE) was originally used by analysts to determine where bomber pilots could most effectively drop their munitions on enemy targets. One of us, Luke, is so enthusiastic about CARVER that he cowrote a book on it.).

Tools 11

Tools Risk Management Budgeting SWOT 11