How Much Does Management Matter to Productivity? | Stanford Graduate School of Business
Research finds management practices account for 20% of variation in productivity among certain firms!
^ADJ: A few comments, 'measuring what matters, matters' obviously, but investing in people, technology and systems, so that middle management can sustain efforts to constantly improve productivity, applies to both services based businesses as well as manufacturing!
Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One
Here’s the dilemma: In a competitive, complex, and volatile business environment, companies need more from their employees than ever. But the same forces rocking businesses are also overwhelming employees, driving up their fear, and compromising their capacity.
Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure
Research has found that there is a direct correlation between lack of recovery and increased incidence of health and safety problems.
^ADJ: One thing that I can not stand is the comment "wow, look at the hours that 'x' is putting in, they work ...."or similar comments - this whole equating hours of effort with results has got to stop, not every hour is equal for output.
How incumbents scale up their new businesses | McKinsey
Corporations can help their new ventures scale up if they avoid these six actions that can undermine success.
^ADJ: I see it all the time, new ventures being swamped by the parent entity with mostly well meaning intent, but forgetting what the true strategy behind having the separate venture was - we need to be more mindful of this, and have clarity of what the intent was behind the new venture.
Why Airlines, Cities, and Starbucks Need Remote Workers Back at the Office
A reminder about the second order consequences