The Atlantic posted an article that jumped out at me:  Why Companies Fail. This fantastic article, posted in a journal the …
3 performance review politics that always trump merit
Politics trumps those who have shown reliable, merit-based performance.
When rewards are given to those with little merit, but through a host of politics such as cronyism, parochialism, and kleptocracy engagement is sabotagued and have little hope to achieve true engagement.
Merit-based performance would focus on the employee’s behavior that exemplifies excellence or the employee’s behavior that needs attention or improvement. When cronyism, kleptocracy, and parochialism gang up meritocracy has no chance.
Top 10 blog posts for 2011, 5 to 1
Top blog posts from 2011, from number 5 to number 1, a follow-up from Top 10 blog posts for 2011, 10 …
Top 10 blog posts for 2011, 10 to 6
Closing out 2011, I look back at the year’s most viewed posts as a chance to reflect on topics I blog …
Start-up Nation by the book
People make up organizations, business needs people to succeed if they are to succeed. The focus for change is how the …
Company social media strategy reflects organization culture — marketing
Insight into corporate, social media strategy lends insight into governance. Insight into social media management lends insight into employee management.
A company marketing strategy and the people who lead, develop, and execute that marketing strategy, are a proxy for organization culture.
If web 1.0 brought about the concept content is king, the maturity to a web 2.0 and social media environment are achieved through the concept community is king. You can you develop a community unless you are a transparent part of a community.
The bureaucracy option to manage risk
Policy, procedure, and bureaucracy tend to creep as an organization grows in size:  revenues, market share, employees. With that creep does organization …
The communication obstacle course
A successful message retains the oomph of intent. For this to happen communication must travel an obstacle course to reach each …
Organization change, the frame retains the name
The success, or failure, of organization change may have more to do with the frame of change you and your leadership …
Business strategy failures are project management failures
The essence of strategic change is not a new direction, but a series of directives. What to start, what to stop, …
Fistful of beans 01/26/2011
Five things I’ve seen, read, or thought might seed results: 1. Capabilities-Driven Mergers & Acquisitions — Booz & Company (now Strategy&) A …
Fistful of beans 01/12/2011
Five things I’ve seen, read, or thought might seed results: 1. New Year, New Measurement Challenges — Talent Management Magazine Measuring talent …