Building credibility is the first step toward influencing others. In a professional environment, it is crucial to build credibility amongst your peers because establishing credibility leads to building trust. Countless studies show trust is one of the most important pillars of a highly functional team and corporate culture. Trust in the workplace is essential because […]
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It’s true: Many people confuse the process of getting ideas with the agonizing realities of putting them to work. Lack of creativity is not the problem in most organizations. Great ideas always abound. The real problem is converting an idea, which in reality is just a good intention, into operational reality. Indeed, a powerful new […]
Based on our work with hundreds of global organizations, we at OKRsTraining.com are convinced that the success of your OKRs implementation is every bit as dependent on the human element as it is on the ability to create technically-sound and effective OKRs. Specifically, any organization hoping to derive the many benefits of OKRs will require […]
As a manager, you’ve already seen the numbers on how much it costs to lose an employee. If not, just multiply the amount it costs to replace one employee by a mass number of employees leaving, and you have catastrophic damage to your business. It can take 70% to 400% of a person’s salary to […]
Add bookmark Digital transformation is probably the most substantial investment modern organizations are making. Multiple sources put global investments at several trillion dollars in upcoming years, and they expect that number to keep growing. When only 17 countries in the world have a GDP surpassing the trillion-dollar mark, that’s a staggering investment – and it’s […]
Brace for an Economic Hurricane. This is a daunting time for L&D organizations now required to provide their companies with the required skill sets to manage in an inflation-driven, recessionary economy. It’s not too late to prepare both the internal learning organization & the total enterprise to thrive and survive in a world turned upside. […]
Many companies’ senior leaders and board of directors believe a company can buy digital technology, implement it and get the benefit of it in a few months. That’s an illusion. Because of the depth and breadth of change required to succeed, that belief is not realistic. The record of studies on digital transformation indicate a […]
“The great majority of people tend to focus downward. They are occupied with efforts rather than results. They worry over what the organization and their superiors ‘owe’ them and should do for them. And they are conscious above all of the authority they ‘should have’. As a result, they render themselves ineffectual.” – Peter Drucker […]
In a 2020 MSNBC broadcast, an assistant professor of economics from UC Berkeley stated that the COVID-19 pandemic would slow down the economy since “Millions of employee relationships will have been destroyed.” Not necessarily! A reduction in force does not have to mean a destruction of force. Not if business leaders take a strategic approach […]
Although Peter Drucker was primarily known for his 70-year career encompassing teaching, consulting, and writing books that sold millions of copies worldwide, less well-known is his prolific freelance writing. I believe that today’s knowledge workers can learn from Drucker’s work in this endeavor, which in some ways foreshadows the gig economy. Drucker’s freelance writing required […]
