Micromanaging: Can it be prevented?
We’ve all had the micro-manager boss. But where does he/she come from, and how can he/she be prevented? Continue Reading
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Organizational Change: Avoid ‘The Spreadsheet Mentality’
The Spreadsheet Mentality is a business concept born from “what’s measured is what matters.” And it absolutely murders productivity and efforts at organizational change, even though executives tend to deify it. Continue Reading
Onboarding: Revolve it around stories
If people are truly job-hopping more than ever, then onboarding is tremendously important. But most companies still do it horribly. What if we shifted the focus ever so slightly, though? Continue Reading
People analytics is still far off
It’s 2016. We have data everywhere, and that includes data on new hires and management. Why don’t we use that to structure our business processes better? Um, because secretly it violates every tenet of human psychology… Continue Reading
Increase productivity: It starts with organizational alignment
There are approximately 7,298,413 books and speeches a year on how to increase productivity. In reality, it’s much, much simpler than we make it out to be. Continue Reading
Management Theory: Two trips to IKEA
About three weeks apart, I took two different trips to IKEA. The contrast in those trips taught me a ton about management theory. Continue Reading
Transparency in business: What’s the value?
Most executives are quick to dismiss things like “transparency” and “communication” as soft or fluffy skills not relevant to revenue growth. But, ahem… they are, and majorly so. Continue Reading
Sense of urgency is a managerial trick
It’s usually a way for managers to essentially play Hot Potato with projects that scare them or they have no time for. Continue Reading