The Unnatural State of Organizational Alignment

Jon Tveten

Entrepreneurs starting a business typically begin with a small, cohesive group of people, all of whom have a solid grasp of the company's customer value proposition.  Because of small size many members of the entrepreneurial organization wear many hats, e.g. CEO/c... More »

Think Organization When Developing Leadership

Annmarie Neal

As we apply traditional mindsets and models of leadership, it becomes clear pretty quickly that we would need the ‘bionic man’ leading our organizations – someone with extraordinary capabilities to out run, out jump and out maneuver the opponent. ... More »

Engaging Organizational Leadership to Focus on Employee Development

Deadra Welcome

  I recently read The 6 Ways Government Needs to Improve Performance Management.  The article talks about The President’s fiscal year 2014 budget and its emphasis on the creation of “a culture of performance improvement.”  Now, of cour... More »

Boo-Hoo at Yahoo: No More Working From Home

Pat Galagan

Bucking a popular trend as well as evidence that working from home increases employees’ productivity, Yahoo is eliminating its work-from-home option. Citing a need for more interaction and communication among employees, Director of HR, Jackie Reses, said in a stat... More »

Employee Recognition Linked to Better Business Performance

ASTD Staff

Research from human resources firm Bersin & Associates suggests that companies that excel at employee recognition are on average 12 times more likely than their peers to generate strong business results, including higher profitability and better market leadership po... More »