In most organizations, there is a strong temptation to try and simplify processes in the name of fairness and objectivity. The intent is to help create consistency in decision-making, which should make it easier for managers to do their work. While this is a worthy...
We know there need to be clear accountability and authority frameworks in place for work to be properly delegated down and across the organization. And while self-managed teams and flat organizations are all the rage, total empowerment could result in anarchy....
Following our research on manager effectiveness, we developed a comprehensive, organization-wide survey as a tool available to all CEOs for assessing the state of management in their organizations. The Effective Managers survey is an easy and convenient way to receive...
There are a variety of factors at play that obstruct manager effectiveness. For our research purposes, we identified the key dimension: accountability. In this context, accountability is “an obligation for which one can be held to account for one’s results and actions...
Following are the comments of four of the participants from the research phase of the Effective ManagersTM survey. We asked them for permission to identify them as participants in the survey, and for a brief comment on their perceptions of the results. “As...
For the past three years, Harris Interactive has conducted a work stress survey in which they polled 1000 Americans from a variety of different industries on the level of stress they relate to a job. Last year’s results showed as much as 73 percent of employees felt...
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