Managing Generation Y
The newest generation to hit the workforce is self-assured, has high aspirations, and can get very impatient with the way business has been traditionally done. They aren’t gunning for your job, but their lack of interest in middle management means Boomers risk leaving behind a vacuum as they retire. Harvard Business blogger Tammy Erickson says [...]
The 5 Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
A healthy industry structure should be as much a competitive concern to strategists as their company’s own position. Defending against the competitive forces and shaping them in a company’s favor are crucial to strategy. Tom Stewart talks to Michael E. Porter about the 5 forces that can help a company understand the structure of its [...]
Value of B Players
We’ve all heard the stats, the talent pool in organizations can be broadly categorized as top 10% “A Players”, middle 80% “B Players” and the bottom most 10% as “C Players”. Professor Tom DeLong, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, discovered that senior executives spend most of their time with “A Players”, resulting [...]
