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There’s a good reason that the Scott Adams cartoon, Dilbert, has a character called “Mordac The Preventer of Information Systems”. I’ve heard many disparaging comments about I.T. departments in general and in the last 3 weeks I’ve been at my wits end trying to get a project approved in our I.T. department. From Scott Adam’s Dilbert I.T. . . . → Read More: How Can I.T. Become a True Business Partner? The most common corporate buzzwords that I’ve been hearing over the last year are “transformation and “disrupt”. Companies are focusing on how to create a competitive advantage in this tough economic downturn. Markets have been shrinking during this 22 month recession and any advantage must come from focusing on business infrastructure in the reduction of capital . . . → Read More: The Plural of Anecdote is Not Data  Leave a comment  Business Philosophy, Career Development, Change Management, Corporate Culture  attitude, busines leadership, business, business culture, business philosophy, Change Management, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, effective leadership, leadership, leadership development, leadership skill, management, management leadership, Organizational Change, professional development, transformational leadership We’ve all sat through long presentations that left us wondering how to get that fraction of our lives back. You know, those “FYI” presentations that are often more self aggrandizing than informative. During this economic downturn, I have seen an increased number of internal company business communications that have made me wonder who the . . . → Read More: Death By PowerPoint I chuckled when I read “Speaking Truth to PowerPoint” in the Wall Street Journal this morning. Business has grown to rely heavily on PowerPoint as a primary communications medium. Unfortunately, details are lost because the nature of presentation slides is summarization. I depth business planning requires a format that is conducive to thoughtful . . . → Read More: Does PowerPoint inhibit decision making? The economic downturn drags on and the job market has gotten tough. There is a lot of speculation that the economy is at or near a bottom of this slump but how long will we stay there until recovery begins? Companies continue to let very talented people go as they hunker down against slower . . . → Read More: Hiring During a Talent Glut One comment Business Philosophy, Corporate Culture, General Thoughts busines leadership, business, business culture, business philosophy, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, effective leadership, hiring talent, Job Search, leadership development, management, management leadership, organizational leadership It’s the spring of 2009 and the economy is in the dumper. The average American family’s wealth has dropped by 18% and California’s unemployment rate has topped 10%. Just about everyone in Silicon Valley knows someone who has been laid off from, what were once, promising economic high flying companies and employees are feeling . . . → Read More: Managing in an Environment of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) One comment Business Philosophy, Change Management, Communications, Corporate Culture attitude, busines leadership, business, business communications, business culture, business philosophy, Change Management, Communications, conflict, Corporate Culture, crisis, doubt, effective leadership, fear, FUD, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership skill, leadership styles, management, Organizational Change, organizational leadership, situational leadership, Uncertainty Product Management is often an under appreciated skill in large companies. Organizational structures are built around product delivery and support. Early in a company’s life the definition of products allow for economic survival. As a company grows more cross-functional organizations try to have greater impact on product definition so that they can perform their functions more . . . → Read More: The Misunderstood Role of Product Manager It’s November of 2008 and we are facing the most concerning economic downturn in recent memory. Sure, the mid ’90′s had some challenges but nothing like the economic slowdown that we’re seeing today. People react in funny ways to market challenges. They either take the ostrich approach and try to perform “business as usual” or they . . . → Read More: When Times Are Tough, People Try to Show Their Value After goals are crisply defined for an organizational transformation there are some crucial elements of a group that have to be evaluated. A leader has to look at the existing team and assess the gaps between the articulated goals and what is being delivered today. This analysis should include potential system and process requirements . . . → Read More: Changing an Organization’s Goals Organizational transition, transformation, turn around. There are many euphemisms to describe the act of changing an organization. What do they mean? It is popular for people to describe themselves as “change agents” but they are usually referring to some very clever ideas they’ve implemented in existing organizations to increase value incrementally. This is evolution, to be . . . → Read More: The Need For Organizational Change |
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