Collaboration, Teamwork and Cooperation

People like to be valued and appreciated, and involved in decisions that affect them. Involvement, teamwork and collaboration are basic human desires. To get them, invite them. Here are two examples. The first is a manager, deep within the organization, who created a...

Some Company Culture Truths

There is no event in a vacuum. To understand what happens, look at the situation. What people do reflects the culture. Culture is established by its leaders. What people do is information about the leaders. Because the company’s culture determines productivity...

A Plant Turnaround, The Manager’s Story

By engaging employees, a manager improves productivity and avoids closing the plant. This is his story in his words. “I was a Plant Manager at the California Plant of a multi-plant Fortune 50 company. There I worked with Meridian Group for a number of years, and with...