by Ed Evarts | Nov 21, 2019 | Visibility and Value
Frequency of change refers to how often it occurs. There was a time when organizations were proud of their stability and consistency. Acquisitions were infrequent, and words like “right-sizing” and “down-sizing” were not in the dictionary. Your job description had not...
by Ed Evarts | Sep 17, 2019 | Visibility and Value
Growing organizations require value to be more tangible, and the contribution of business value by employees to be broader. While individual value is critically important to an organization’s performance, it is not the type of value that will sustain an organization....
by Ed Evarts | Aug 22, 2019 | Visibility and Value
Deep within the heart of your organization’s cubicle farm, you and your heads-down colleagues are working hard to stay employed. Our metric-based culture has created generations of individuals who believe that good performance alone ensures job security. They still...
by Ed Evarts | Jul 23, 2019 | Visibility and Value
In today’s “get-it-done-yesterday” business environments, tenure is shortening and relationships are becoming shallower. It’s no longer enough when an employee exceeds expectations. Herminia Ibarra, the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Professor of...
by Ed Evarts | Jul 18, 2019 | Visibility and Value
Every once in a while, you will hear CEOs of organizations declare “At Acme Products, we are like a family!” I am not exactly sure what a CEO means when she describes her company as a family. Perhaps there was a time when organizations were familial. Your grandparents...