Category: Leadership

workforce leadership is complex

Dynamics of Complex Systems

So what are characteristics of complex systems? They have many moving parts, and many connections exist between the parts–some known and some not known. Small changes can ripple across connections and create outcomes and...

When leaders don't let go of the ball they fail

Transformational Leaders Let Go of the Ball

Transformations involve major shifts in an organization’s capabilities and culture in order to deliver improved sustainable results, with the goal of developing an ongoing mastery of change and adaptability. Successful transformations may be relatively...

Adaptability is an essential arrow in your workforce quiver.

Leading Adaptability In The Workforce

Adaptability is an essential arrow in your workforce quiver–and it is a two way street. Leaders differentiate themselves from managers by giving employees a chance to succeed at new challenges and learn new hard...

Meaningless jargon is the same as pursuing IoT when your not ready

Internet of Things – IoT

Ahhhh, technobabble…gotta love it. What I don’t love is the endless pursuit of the newest “differentiator” in technology. Two of the hot ones today is Digital Transformation and the Internet of Things (IOT). The...

buzzwords like integrate mobile, social, real-time channels are meaningless without knowledge to implement

Buzzwords – Digital Marketing Mumbo Jumbo

The next time you see the need to integrate mobile, social, and real-time channels, or personalize customer engagements by all means do it. Just don’t rely on buzzwords to tell everyone what you are...

Training and retaining employees

Training and Retaining Employees

Yes, we see more labor done by machines/computers each year. And while such progress is to be desired–even pursued–and it is easy to accept the need for companies to constantly upgrade, too often little...

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