Charles Darwin discovered a key principle of evolution — survival of the fittest. Massive dinosaurs dominated Earth for 20 million years, but following a sudden environmental change, it was the insignificant, tiny, agile mammals that adapted and survived. Darwin...
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...
Resistance is a symptom of something else. Unless you get to the cause you will spend endless time trying to manage the “resistance” symptom. Change is Natural Change is natural in this world. Evolution itself is a response to change. We naturally respond to a...
My partner and I had an initial three day visit with a new client in the Midwest. The company’s workforce was overworked and demoralized. Turnover exceeded 80%. The managers wanted to improve morale and help new hires and temporary employees quickly become...
Culture is not a problem to be analyzed. Studies might actually make things worse. You develop your company’s culture by doing things together. It’s the only way. Developing a culture, or merging cultures, is not like solving an operational problem,...
