Know When to Exit, Do Not Be the ‘Living Dead’

Within the corporate world, there are the ‘living dead’, which are the sick companies that go on a wretched existence, without any hope of turnaround.

Bureaucracy is the Parasite to Productivity

A parasite is medically defined as an organism that lives on within another organism at the expense of the host. Bureaucracy is an administrative system, which places undue emphasis on adherence to complex procedures and inflexible rules of operation. It is an administration characterised by excessive red tape and routine.

Pregnancy Takes Nine Months, Gestation Of Leading-Edge Technology Takes Time Too

Many healthy companies fall into the trap of their success. They tend to be more 'technology' driven mode rather than being ‘market’ driven. Many companies developed the product first then start out looking for the market. Successful companies look at the market first then start developing the products.

Engage! Tapping Potential Through Understanding Motivation

In the workplace there is a tremendous opportunity to tap unused potential and resources. Unleashing some of this hidden power is the challenge organizations and individuals face in today’s world of increased competition. To get individuals cognitively, physically, and emotionally engaged in their work is a worthwhile goal for all organizations. Almost all individuals have an innate desire to do well and to excel in their endeavors. The challenge then is not in creating a desire but in understanding motivation and what creates it.

Implement the Benefit of Business Change with R-pM

Conventional methods prevent business change for planned and managed benefits and return. R-pM provides the proper method for business change in the 21st century enterprise to leave 20th century change management problems behind.

Stakeholder Analysis - Management and Engagement

If we are involved in managing change, we will come across the terms Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Management and Stakeholder Engagement. So what is the difference between these three concepts?

The Shipboard Management Structure

Whatever company looked at there is a structure in place, whether it is the ideal structure and whether it works or is practical in real life is not important except to say that like all businesses, cruise ships, gas tankers, ferries, rowing boats and offshore supply vessels all have a management structure in place.

Corporate Suicide - Getting Bigger Instead Of Better

Work on becoming better and guess what, you naturally grow bigger. But pushing for size by itself makes you fatter, not bigger, less specialized and easier to succumb to the vagaries of internal and external forces. Often you lose what made you viable in the first place. A chicken that has wings does not mean it can fly. Similarly the big companies are not necessarily the better ones.

Having A Hard Time Focusing On Your Job Search - 4 Tips That Get You The Job - Part 2

Finding the right job can be difficult, but if you set some goals and action items you can focus on the job you really want. Don't just go after any job, pick the ones that are right for you and focus on getting them. Here are some tips to make sure you stay on track with your job search.

What Do You Do When Change Happens?

As a leader, you constantly face three options: going all out for new opportunities, meeting challenges head on when they are still manageable, and doing nothing. In every case, whether explicit or not, you make a decision about how to deal with the change. What will you do?

Why Use A Corporate Turnaround Expert?

When you are afflicted by cancer, immediately see an oncologist and do not rely on your family doctor. There is a cure for your corporate cancer if proper treatment is administered early enough. The selection of the right turnaround specialist to help the company quickly is crucial.

Change vs. Improvement - Movement Does Not Denote Progress

Don't assume moving means you're moving forward because change is exciting; but not always for the better.

Eight Steps to Help Manage Change Efforts More Successfully

Productivity during change can be affected positively and negatively by restraining forces and driving forces respectively. Productivity can reach a state of equilibrium between these two opposing forces. However, this balance can be punctuated by a disturbance in one or both of the opposing forces.