When it comes to strategic planning, you need to be sure that you’re thinking about the right questions and scenarios and not focusing too much on rehashing the past. After all, strategic planning’s main concern is the future: how your organization will grow and thrive and what steps will get you there. Continue Reading »
You know the importance of aligning the right people with the right strategy, but do you know how to identify the right people? More to the point, do you know the questions that will yield the most informative responses during the interview process? Continue Reading »
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We’ve all been watching the unemployment numbers rise over the past two years, and we may even feel like they have reached a plateau. We’ve seen factories close and jobs move overseas. While such events are painful in the short-term, they’re potentially disastrous in the long-term. Continue Reading »
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Risk can be scary, but uncertainty can be downright terrifying because the unknown is so much more unpredictable than, well, the predictable. If your company is doing its best to ignore or avoid uncertainty then that’s a problem because it can destroy your business. It can also hold enormous opportunity if you make an effort to engage it. Continue Reading »
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In our last post we summarized John P. Kotter’s eight steps for leading change, and we again present the ideas of a thought leader who offers eight steps – this time for cultivating innovation and creativity. We often utilize and refer clients to this book who are looking for a plan to execute innovation inside their organizations. Continue Reading »
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If you’re working at change in your organization you know that it’s a long road, and one that requires companions on the journey – and a guide doesn’t hurt either. A thought leader in the world of business, John P. Kotter, in his book Leading Change offers eight steps that lead to real and lasting change that we recommend and support through Insight’s services. They’re useful, and while we recommend the book we’ve also summarized the steps below to give you an idea of where to begin. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions at info@insightsc.com. Continue Reading »
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When it comes to understanding how your employees tick it is helpful to look at the characteristics and experiences of their generation. That may be particularly true for the group born between 1978 and 2002: Millennials. Continue Reading »
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It’s not possible to predict the future, but it certainly is practical to plan for it. That’s what scenario planning addresses: laying out possibilities, outcomes, and responses. We learn from experiences – others’ as well as our own. Two articles published in the last year by McKinsey & Company, a reputable management firm, do an excellent job of exploring the centers and edges of scenario planning. Continue Reading »
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Organizations face many challenges when it comes to human resources: how to recruit, manage, develop, and retrain people. It’s hard for organizations that are experts in building products and services to also be experts at talent management, yet we know that people are our most important assets. Continue Reading »
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(Reprint from Spring 2008)
Tom Coughlin. Bobby Knight. Both are names you might recognize; they’re coaches whose unique — even controversial — coaching styles have led to great success. Continue Reading »
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