The number of attacks and breaches continues to increase exponentially, despite the increasing awareness of better information security. What’s surprising is how so many businesses still take information security lightly. A Better Structure. Gone are the days of pooling all information in one server and allowing everyone the same level of access. A better information structure allows you to manage access to sensitive information meticulously. MORE

High-performing sales organizations employ a more structured sales process. Forty-eight percent of the participants from underperforming sales organizations indicated they had nonexistent or informal structured sales processes compared to only 29% from high performing sales organizations. What separates high-performing sales organizations from average and underperforming sales organizations? MORE

Forty-four percent of underperforming sales managers indicated they had a nonexistent or an informal structured sales process. Every salesperson knows the quality of their sales manager will have a profound impact on their own success. A recent study I conducted proves this point. Sixty-nine percent of salespeople who exceeded their annual quota rated their sales manager as being excellent or above average. MORE

The social distance that separates individuals from those in positions of authority, whether in a formal or more informal structure, defiined by gender, age or cultural differences. Hiring diverse teams and then hoping for the best is not enough. How can companies best tap the talent of their diverse workforce? How can leaders adjust their leadership style to do so? MORE

Keep them informed about progress. Companies often focus on integrating the operational elements (the policies and procedures, rules and regulations), but don’t give equal time to the human elements (the relationships and informal structures). For more information, see Culture Spark. Culture Spark. Organizational culture is often seen as an elusive topic. Yet, without the right culture, organizations cannot succeed short term, nor can they endure. MORE

has all the ingredients to make a boss for the times who has leadership,mentoring,empathy,sensibility,behavioural approaches,task orientation and alignment with organisation based on a situational leadership attitude and organic communication styles with a combination of informal structures thanks Sureshkumar,Adviser,NIIST,CSIR,INDIA Barry Dalton November 9, 2009 at 10:14 am Terry – I just read this post 3 times its so damn good! MORE

As business became more complex, these rigid structures grew increasingly untenable and so management theorists began to look for another way— matrixed organizations. So matrices, in a sense, led to the worst of both worlds, a cumbersome organizational structure and the inability to adapt to fast changing contexts. The truth is that networks are informal structures. So, in that sense, any organizational structure is a network, even a formal org chart. MORE

For example, in today’s leadership, the informal aspects of leadership are as important as the formal aspects of leadership. In addition to systems and structures – for a leader to be successful today – leaders must engage a team on personal levels. In informal leadership environments, the way a leader leads is often more important than the knowledge or management abilities of the leader. MORE

There are three types of approaches that can help: priming ; reorganized structures and systems ; and new forms of accountability. Are these grounded in solid information or are they simply your interpretations?” ” Reorganizing structures and systems can also help reduce the impact of bias. Structure creates behavior in organizations and by creating consistency in how certain processes get carried out, you can encourage less biased behavior. MORE