Category: Leadership & Management

by Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey, and Ram Charan An agenda for the talent-first CEO  In tumultuous times, a company’s talent is its most valuable and reliable asset. What does it take to lead an organization that truly unleashes its human capital? In our combined 90 years of advising CEOs and their boards, the three...

A 2011 study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology has found conclusively those investments in the superior human capital generates better performance by the company. This should also answer the question to WHY employee engagement is needed, but it does not answer the question of HOW. Employees also have to feel that the work...

An article in bizjournals.com made a very good point. “While experience is a great teacher, it often means that we tend to continue what we have done in the past. Professional development opens us up to new possibilities, strategies, knowledge and skill areas. It also goes on to enumerate why if you are an...

As the Millennial Generation overtakes the workforce from the Baby Boomers and Generation X, the new technologies are remaking the workplace. This change of the business world is reshaping the work nature and is ushering in a need for new and updated management strategies. So how do you manage the Millennial Generation effectively? According...

A competitive and well-designed compensation system is a cornerstone of employee recruitment and retention for most organizations. If you’ve ever lost a key employee because you weren’t paying them enough, you know the pain of not only losing a top recruit but also having failed to discover problems that could have been solved earlier...

Hiring Is Increasingly Seen as an Arm of Marketing   When McDonald’s starts using Snapchat to hire workers, you know the hiring paradigm has shifted. Innovate HR or die. This summer, the fast-food giant said it planned to hire about 250,000 workers, and that Snapchat was part of the plan. “Forget trolling LinkedIn to...

If you’re feeling stagnant in your career and often passed over for promotions, you could be lacking what’s known as “executive presence.” In fact, when 400 CEOs were asked how they chose their next level leaders, 89 percent said they looked for this one critical trait. But what is executive presence? Having it means...

Millennial Women at Particular Risk   Mental illness is a largely misunderstood disease that carries much stigma in society. But it doesn’t just strike the unemployed! Employers are seeing more mental health issues in their workforce than ever before. Employee stress levels continue to rise as more and more employees spend extra hours at...

Focus Your Best Practices on Responsiveness and Teams   The modern business environment is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous—a state that has spawned its own acronym, VUCA—where change is not only constant, but also rapid. In this environment, sticking with traditional ways of thinking means you’re behind the curve. Companies striving to succeed in...