Culture
Looking for something specific? The following topics address a wide range of business needs and challenges.
Oops #13: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Forms of Reorganizing
Mergers, acquisitions, and other forms of reorganization have increased dramatically over the last decade, and with increased globalization they will continue into the foreseeable future. However, if…
Leadership Debacle at The Tribune Company
Interesting and scary New York Times article on how bad management practices at the top of The Tribune Company have trickled down and poisoned the company’s culture, kept it stuck in …
Lessons From BP
CEBViews recently posted an article Learning from BP (Steven Williams, 9-9-10) which outlines three lessons that are worthy of executive and management attention. Their first point is…
Outsourced: New Show Bound to Spotlight What NOT to do When Managing in New Cultures
I can’t help but think that Outsourced, a new workplace comedy scheduled to air this week, will give us another reason to laugh at potential real-life business scenarios. In a vein similar to…
OOPS #10: The Budget Process
Managers learn the budget game quickly or they don't survive. Ask for more than you need in the hope that you will get just what you need. Learn why this wastes time and money and what to…
Ask Aubrey: Unions and Performance Feedback
Q:
I was recently promoted to a supervisory position at a federal agency where it is against the Collective Bargaining Agreement to discuss "performance standards" or "numbers" with employees.…
Did McChrystal Get What he Wanted? I Think So!
When I was in the Army there was a saying about budgets, “Ask for three, expect two and get one.”
I was reminded of this when watching President Obama’s speech at West Point last night. When…
Praising the Boss on Boss’s Day? Not So Fast.
Patricia Bays Haroski who worked for her father in a State Farm Insurance Agency in Deerfield, Ill., registered October 16 as Boss's Day with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958. She chose October…
Is Management Broken?
In an article in Fortune Magazine (May 11, 2009) called, How Business Can Stand Tall Again, David Gergen quotes Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic as saying that the cause of today’s economic…