Social intelligence, social competence, emotional competence, interpersonal intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, emotional adaptiveness, emotional quotient, emotional intelligence, EQ, and EI. There are …
In review: Mergers and acquisitions systems thinking strategies, part 1
October 2010 in review.  A roundup of blogs from the previous month: Mergers and acquisitions systems thinking strategies, part 1 — …
Hiring the right person is more cultural than technical
As mentioned in the post Hiring is more emotional than rational technical skill rarely assures success in an organization.  There are just …
Hiring the right person is more emotional than rational
You have to assume every person you interview has the technical skill to do the job. Once past the traditional human …
When a small business should fear growth
Your small business does not have the culture to succeed as a big business.
Initial ad hoc procedures may prove to drive those early revenues and perhaps the same procedures can manage a firm’s expansion to 30 employees, 75 employees, or 100 employees.
As the growth of a firm increases the amount of interactions and the dynamics of each interaction become more important. Repeatability, scalability, and human capital strategies are vital to have in place before growth.
With a Competing Values Framework your current culture and future culture present present your roadmap for intentional growth.
What for-profits can learn from non-profits
For-profits commonly look down upon the management and staff of non-profits as woefully inefficient. Â Non-profits are hounded relentlessly to operate more …
In review: A key to why so many companies blow it in social media?
August 2010 in review. Â A roundup of blogs from the previous month: A key to why so many companies blow it …
9 views into your organization with a project management lens
Project management offers a way to breathe new life into your organization’s competitive and operational advantage, but why is project management seemingly …
Discounted risk is human capital risk
Many private equity and venture capital firms claim to rely on the quality of a team to determine funding. But rarely …
More workers voluntarily quit their jobs
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal presented More Workers Start to Quit. Workers voluntarily quit and reject the feeling that they are lucky to …
Change management bottom up or top down
Classic change theory: leadership drives change and leadership needs to commit for change to work. Seems to make sense, but in …
Googled again: cost of culture is innovation
What, really, is the cost of culture? Is culture tangible to business bottom line or is culture an intangible behavioral science …