Tag: organizational management
4 Simple Steps to Stop Micromanaging and Start Trusting Your Experts
A friend of mine had a manager who was micromanaging his daily tasks. She would sit over his shoulder and watch him draft his emails. If he typed anything she didn’t like, she’d ask him to correct it and stay there until he sent the email. His manager’s excuse was that her boss would see…
Can you innovate in a large organization?
The business junk yard is filled with scrap from companies that failed to innovate. Think of names like Kodak, Nokia, Blockbuster, Blackberry, Toys R Us & Tower Records. Back in the day, these were companies that I couldn’t see the world without. In the cut throat business environment of today the need to innovate and be…
On Improving An Organization
It seems as though improving an organization ought to be straight forward. You find the flaws, apply the well documented fixes and watch productivity sky rocket. But let’s be honest… it’s never that easy is it? Wanting to make a difference and affecting change seem to be worlds apart. Making a change in a moving…