I wrote a blog about a year ago “Avoiding pitfalls in strategy execution”, highlighting an article I had read in HBR. Last week I stumbled upon another article “Execution is a People Problem, Not a Strategy Problem” and my first thought was – YES!! it’s all about that…
No, there is no typo in the title – the C stands for CHANGE. I am working on a presentation for an ISM dinner meeting in Pittsburgh next week entitled “Sourcing IS Change Management” which was first delivered at a Sourcing Interest Group conference back in 1998 (of…
Now maybe the thousands of alumni of TMGs’ competency development programs will understand why we always start each and every workshop with a contract between TMG and each attendee that stipulates the responsibility of each attendee if they want to develop competency – APPLICATION or ADOPTION. In a…
I ran across a very interesting headline as I was searching for a topic “Democracy is a great thing, except in the workplace” and I started reading it with gusto, ready to pen a strong response till I realized that Vivek Wadhwa was making some interesting points. He…
Learning, for any company, should be considered an investment (with an associated ROI) and NOT a cost. It is an investment in its’ most valuable asset – its’ employees but corporate learning programs often get in the way of employee development instead of supporting it. I read an…
