In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 20, 2014

I spent an entire career espousing the power of creativity, and the companies I touched did very well by it. Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, business machine. This is not necessarily the case for creativity. But, beware.

Real Estate 215

Real Estate Human Resources Bureaucracy Constraint 215

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Studies show that a person’s emotional intelligence (the ability to manage one’s own emotions and the emotions of others) is not only more important than their IQ, but the single most important variable in career and life success. Human Resource Champions (1996). By David Ulrich. Winning (2005). By Jack Welch.

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2011

And although pundits continue to encourage entrepreneurial thinking for stagnating mega-businesses, these bureaucracies can’t break from risk-averse management. Human Resources. The constraint in most of these companies is the fear of failure. Their marketing teams research everything to death. December 4, 2011 at 3:20 pm.

CEO 235

CEO Bureaucracy Brand Constraint 235

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. In addition to reducing bureaucracy, high-performing, high-tech companies provide freedom in dress codes, scheduled hours, and lifestyle choices.

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Proliferating bureaucracies, expanding org charts, increasingly powerful central staffs, competing departmental agendas—all interfere with the focus on the customer and the deep connection with the details of the business that allowed these companies to grow successfully in the first place.

Company 14

Company Hotels Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

While virtually all pharma companies say they encourage risk, in reality the failure of individual drug-development programs frequently results in career damage or even job loss for the research teams involved. Roivant’s first response was to address misaligned incentives.

Innovation 14

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

It was clear to me then that the Defense Department would need to keep pace with the dramatic changes — many of them technological — reshaping the economy, the labor market, and human resource management. We provided new career counseling as well as professional skill certification for our tradesmen, among other efforts.

Talent Management 14

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising System 14