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More Evidence on the HR-Gap
In this week’s article I’d like to address evidence of McKinsey to prove the point I made in one of my latest posts on HR (As you know: if a tiny consultant from Belgium tells you so, you can forget about it. But when ‘the’ McKinsey proves his point with worldwide survey results, well…) The […]
Monday Morning Mandate for HR VP’s
In previous articles I have made my point on why HR is not an agent of change and the miserable state HR is in nowadays. In this article I want to focus on what HR should be doing in order to get out of this isolation and into the value chain (*). More precisely, there are […]
Grumpy Boss and Burnout?
Some time ago I posted an article on burnout and just recently I shared my view on the causes and effects of grumpy bosses. Until now I only vaguely realized that both were related with each other, but since I used the car – engine – driver comparison as a metaphor the relationship is getting […]
Web 2.0 is a Major Organizational Change Accelerator
Yes that’s right. And if you don’t know what Web 2.0 (*) means this is your wake-up call. Last week McKinsey Quarterly published its global survey results on the use of Web 2.0 tools and technologies. Four important observations come to the surface and all four of them are extremely important in the face of […]
Grumpy Boss or Turbo Manager?
Every once in a while I meet bosses and project managers who are very tired and extremely grumpy. You probably have met these kinds of managers too or maybe you are one of them.
Dying Before Going Into Battle
This is the title of the fourth chapter of the 1996 book ‘The Last Word on Power’ by Tracy Goss. In this chapter, Goss draws our attention to the Japanese Samurai warriors who, in reminding themselves of the inevitability of loss, used the phrase “Die before going into battle.” This practice allowed a warrior to […]
