A phenomenon that I have been watching for as long as I can remember is entrepreneurs who think they can magically transform themselves into CEOs purely because they started a business. Well, brace yourself. Because the hard cold truth is that most entrepreneurs simply do not encompass the skill set to be the CEO of their own organization. Unfortunately, it …

Like yin and yang, monitoring and evaluation go hand in hand. While monitoring—according to Merriam-Webster—is used to “warn and instruct,” evaluation is used “to judge the value or condition of something in a careful and thoughtful way.” So, you can see how such a system that focuses on a methodical, well-thought-out approach to management could be extremely helpful in the …

How many ideas did Jack Welch need to unleash to reinvent General Electric in the 1980s, as the Cold War wound down and the world economy approached major technological and geo-political inflection points? It turns out not that many! And, let us not forget that this led to a remarkable remaking of what was already a highly successful organization, but …

To bring maximum value to your organization you need eager and passionate employees. But it’s not so easy to train smart young people who have the latest tech on their side, instantly connected to informed online communities with plenty of tricks up their sleeves. So how do you motivate and stimulate millennials who always want to feel included, an active …