The Upside of Conflict

The Upside of Conflict

The Standard Social Innovation Review means that too many organizations ignore or avoid addressing internal conflict, and that a healthy perspective on disagreement can increase resilience and spur needed innovation in a socip-business context. Conversely, when left unattended to, the problem will most likely become one of destructive internal conflict, meaning abnormalities such as high…

Productivity Management: An Essential Capability for Maximizing the Value of Operational Excellence

Productivity Management: An Essential Capability for Maximizing the Value of Operational Excellence

Operational Excellence (OpEx) is a term that embodies many things that CEOs seek to achieve, such as consistent strategy execution, profitable growth and sustainable cost reduction.  While there are many definitions of the term, most would agree that it entails focusing on customers, cross functional execution and consistent delivery of outcomes that create value for…

5 Ways To Build A High-Performance Team

5 Ways To Build A High-Performance Team

Forbes contributor Joseph Folkman begs the question in this article centered around the construction of High-Performance teams: What behaviors do team leaders exhibit that create these extraordinary teams? In an attempt to answer the question on every worthy leader’s lips, five factors which describe the behaviors of leaders who run such high-performance teams are outlined in…

Unleashing the power of small, independent teams

Unleashing the power of small, independent teams

McKinsey and Company poses that small, independent teams are the lifeblood of the agile organization and that top executives can unleash them by driving ambition, removing red tape, and helping managers adjust to the new norms. But on a deeper level, what exactly does it take to set loose the independent teams that make agile organizations…