Category Archives: Strategy
Values go beyond ‘what you can get away with’
According to Stephen Green, chairman of HSBC Holdings; Values go beyond ‘what you can get away with’ and that values are, in the end, critical to value – to sustainable value, that is Green goes on to say; “For companies, … Continue reading
Better returns from Talent Management
Michael Spect points us to an article and interview he did with Kate Carruthers. I’ve added some extracts from the piece below; A fragmented approach to the elements comprising workforce development led to lack of integration and inability to align … Continue reading
Reshaping an organisation’s social structure
Gary Cokins highlights some recent Dutch research that suggests; overall enterprise performance is improved by defining accountability for sales turnover and profit and loss simultaneously over multiple dimensions (e.g., by product, region, account, market segment, industry). This “multidimensional” concept means … Continue reading
HR – Boom or Bust?
Summary Commentators are currently polarised around the future of the HR function. Some suggest that the function is about to enter a boom period as after several years of cajoling, organisations are placing far greater significance on talent management and … Continue reading
GM’s problems are best described as suicide rather than homicide
While Bob Sutton knows GM very well (research, speaker, existing contacts there), he can’t stop himself from feeling compelled to speak his mind. Here are some extracts from his piece; I am ambivalent about whether the auto industry should receive … Continue reading
The New York Times is fading away
Seth Godin picks up on the long established, death by a thousand cuts currently infiltrating the US newspaper industry. What is interesting about this piece is not so much the blow by blow account of the declining circulation and advertising … Continue reading
Starbucks has been foolish [in spite of McKinsey's endorsement!]
Kim Warren has a wonderful expose of the current state of Starbucks and how they have ended up where they are now. The summary is that having focused very successfully on building a highly engaged and productive workforce which served … Continue reading
From analysis to action
George Ambler explores the language around strategy, analysis, decision making and action. There are plenty of salient points including ‘Analysis Paralysis’ and ‘The Paradox of Choice’. George wraps things up by saying The underlying principle is that: Simplicity allows people … Continue reading
Human Values, Financial Values and the Credit Crunch
What happens when human values and financial values are seriously misaligned at the operational level? Keysha Cooper once of Washington Mutual reveals all to the New York Times. “If a loan came from a top loan officer, they didn’t care … Continue reading
An Experiment in Leadership Pratice
We’ve written a paper outlining a new model of leadership (its currently up as a pdf, but might become a blog post). In brief, the document talks about the importance of context within leadership and in building on the work … Continue reading
