Resource Management Innovations
The Organization Itself as a Tool: Think about it ...
Your business (your life or your family) is a complex composition of parts to be sure, but it is the integrity of the interdependent relationship between those parts that when exercised in concert drives the enterprise toward the corporate objective. Which ‘part’ do you suppose is...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/03/28 Read More
Strong Leaders Build Strong Companies (and Families):
Building leadership capacity (intentionally) into your organization has never been more important. Critical to leadership is the capacity for problem solving and decision making. No doubt you have heard the expression that you have to ‘pick your battles.’ Ok, fair enough. I suppose even...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/03/25 Read More
Categories: Leadership and Management
Why (Applied) Ethics Matter.
In previous blogs we have discussed the leadership imperative of casting Vision (where are we going) and building Mission (how will we get there). A message that is also consistent with how is the conversation around the benchmarking of Values. Values in this context are not to be confused...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/03/22 Read More
Why Do Really Smart People Get Lost?
Have you ever considered that? Seriously. Would I knowingly accept directions from someone who is lost themselves? I can’t imagine why I would. Do those folks freely offer their advice? Sure. Did they intend to misdirect me? I suspect not. Did they know they were lost when they offered me...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/03/21 Read More
Categories: Leadership and Management
This week in the news: We're drowning in data and starving for wisdom.
I came across this lament in an article in the news this week that I thought was topical, relevant and could have been written by any one of my colleagues. In part it reads: “We are all suffering from a new global plague of apocalyptic anxiety and overwhelm. We have to manage...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/03/20 Read More
Categories: From the Desk of the HR Manager