Six out of ten acquisitions fail to meet their financial goals. Usually the operational and financial plans are realistic, but they don’t meet expectations because people and cultural issues prevent proper company integration. Manage Uncertainty When...
Use this process to pick the best candidate, satisfy everyone involved, and develop the culture. This is a variation of the process described in 327. Imagine that you are filling a vacant position by making either a lateral transfer or a promotion. You have advertised...
The workplace is filled with opportunities to tap into the spirit of Independence, a powerful value that runs deep in every individual and throughout our nation. Engaging this spirit is highly motivating, as the following story shows. I grew up in Australia,...
You don’t need to know the structure of your brain or personality to change your attitude and behavior. Similarly, you don’t need to know the structure of your company culture in order to change it. However for those managers who’d like to...
For many employees, what goes on in their head is not what they show through their words and actions. This split between thought and behavior is stressful and unproductive, a waste of company resources — bad for people and bad for business. One of the many...