by Kyle Kidd | Aug 21, 2017 | CIO Concerns, Kyle's Blogs, Operations, Organization, Strategy
It seems like every time you turn around companies are consolidating. Whether it’s an outright acquisition or a “merger of equals,” companies believe that they can create more value by joining forces than by moving forward alone. The latest attention-grabbing...
by David Barron | Aug 2, 2017 | David's Blogs, Performance Management
I recently enjoyed a concert (the 2017 Honors Junior Performance) at the famous Carnegie hall, and somewhere during one of the pieces I found myself concentrating intently and trying to discern the points at which specific instruments came into and out of the...
by Kyle Kidd | Jul 24, 2017 | CIO Concerns, Kyle's Blogs, Organization, Performance Management, Talent Management, Visibility
In my previous blog, I wrote about some of the warning signs that your HR function might need a jump start. One of my points was that as organizations go from a smaller (sometimes start-up) size to becoming more of a “grown up” company, they often experience role...
by Jim Smelley | May 9, 2017 | Communication, Delivery Methods, Jim's Blogs, Project Management, Strategy, Visibility
Have you ever worked in one of those organizations that has gone through every kind of strategy exercise imaginable? They’ve built a Strategy Map, Balanced Scorecard, Brand Pillars, SWAT Analysis, Priorities Alignment, Yearly Plan, Three Year Roadmap, and...
by Russ Pearlman | Apr 25, 2017 | CIO Concerns, Legal, Russ's Blogs, Strategy
Just a few weeks back, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fined Denver-based Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN) $400,000 for failure to protect some 3,200 patient records that were covered by HIPAA. The attack? An employee fell victim to a phishing...
by Mike Szymanski | Apr 19, 2017 | Mike's Blogs, Performance Management, Talent Management
Coaching is hard. That’s true at all levels. There are effective and ineffective coaches on little league teams, on storied professional franchises, and on all types of teams and organizations in between. A big part of the challenge for any coach is that their team...
