2016: what’s to BE
Yes, I do have a number of new year’s resolution. Here is a list of topics I would like to write about: Building a Happy Workplace Forget HR: Why “HR” is detrimental to organizational health and business growth (and what we need to do instead)…
Principles for Organizational Performance
In my last blog post I explained that organizational performance and excellence requires strong leadership with a particular mindset to prosper. What does this mean? There are 5 principles that provide guidance for this philosophy and practice to emerge. Leadership Mindset Organizational Structure Commitment &…
The Heart of Organizational Excellence
In times of increasing competition in the marketplace, organizational excellence or performance is ever more important. But what does ‘organizational excellence or performance’ actually entail? What does it mean? And how can it be achieved? And, even more important, why does it matter? I believe…
Volkswagen’s greed and myopia is just the tip of the iceberg
Volkswagen has shown how greedy and myopic traditional management in corporations is: short-term projects (shareholder interests, EBIT) are more important (or, shall we say the only thing that really matters to them) than delighting customers and our environment. Volkswagen management claims that they will resolve…