Perceptions of directors have taken a nosedive over the last few years, yet the vast majority of directors are very serious and diligent about their responsibilities. It's as though there is a strong need for a scapegoat for our troubles and what better than the "Scrooges" of business.READ»
We continue to hear people calling for the business community to be more accountable for their actions. Nowhere is this stronger than in the relationship business has with our environment, our planet, and its resources.READ»
Like all of us, I rely heavily on the media's representation of the facts. In a number of articles I have penned recently, I ascribed the birthing of the "shareholder value" movement to comments made by Jack Welch. I was wrong in assuming this was accurate.READ»
There are many reasons why efforts to transform and change an organization fail. I think these are actually symptoms of a more fundamental flaw: the very paradigm we hold of organizations. The current paradigm is that an organization is a machine of production. READ»
Did the exposure of the thousands of documents revealing the private negotiations of very sensitive and delicate positions among world leaders advance our world or set it back?READ»
Why do companies who focus on caring at a deep level for all stakeholders out perform the majority of companies who are operating according to well-honed, time-tested business practices? READ»
Whether the organization is a large corporation, a small work group or two partners--alignment is critical. But what exactly is alignment, and how do we achieve it?READ»
Manifestation is a process of transforming energy from its source state to your desired results - learn how to harness this energy to achieve success.READ»
A Note to
Our Readers: In this installment, my Quantum Leaders colleague, Gregg Gallagher, contributes another post from our Quantum Thinking blog which continues our "Strategic
Planning is Dead" dialogue. Gregg talks more about the ...READ»
Perceptual errors create nonsense at work:Socially, our consensus about how we interpret our environment seems to work well enough. But at work, well enough is often not good enough.Because we rely so much on our agreement of ...READ»
Nothing grabs the attention of a management team or a customer quicker than when the costs of a project quickly skyrocket past an estimate provided in a project proposal. Effective project resource management software helps ensure ...READ»
