Incentives Politics Tactics 
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 24, 2017
Even Streiff ended up concluding that it was the political nature of Airbus that prevented it from becoming an integrated company. In short, he became the unintended victim trapped by what the Financial Times called “byzantine organizational politics.” However, the reality is that politics is normal. So what is it?
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 11, 2016
There is strong evidence that our work ratings, bonuses, and promotions are weakly correlated to actual performance — in fact, performance may even matter less to our success than our political skills and how we are perceived by those who make the decisions. And we cherry-pick the research that supports feel-good leadership tactics.
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The Horizons Tracker
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
According to the research findings, this “evidence-neglect” arises from the incentive structures that reward politicians for setting ambitious policy objectives while simultaneously discouraging the implementation of necessary measures to achieve them.
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Case in point is Wal-Mart CEO, Lee Scott, who is so concerned with diversity mandates that Wal-Mart officers are held financially accountable by tying officer incentive bonuses to achieving diversity goals. I share many common values with women, those older and younger, and of different political beliefs.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2011
But I also know perverse incentives and unintended consequences when I see them. Consider the most obvious, and pernicious, perverse incentive: publicly tweeted complaints get faster/better reaction than calls or emails to the corporate customer contact centers. Yes, listening to customers is great.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 21, 2018
Although concerned leaders try to address this problem in many ways — teamwork exercises, mentorship, perks, innovative office spaces, and incentive programs — their solutions miss a simple but pivotal point: Employees are engaged by engaging jobs.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Yet that is what we see today: leader after leader left paralyzed by the unexpected turmoil of an uneasy age in an uncertain world, whether those leaders are political, social, cultural, or corporate. The actor, if he cannot improvise, is left paralyzed. I’ll give you a simple example. They breathe life into possibilities.
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