An insightful and provocative piece of work by Alan Murray. A must read! “Business guru Peter Drucker called management “the most important innovation of the 20th century.” It was well-justified praise. Techniques for running large corporations, pioneered by men like Alfred Sloan of General Motors and refined at a bevy of elite business schools,...

I can not agree more!. Booz&Co commentary is here, while you can read the full paper here. “More than one-third of workers in the United States have been pushed around by upper management, meaning their bosses have belittled, sabotaged, or yelled at them, according to a study from research firm Zogby International and the Workplace Bullying Institute, a...

In describing how he picks his key resources, Jack Welch noted that he looks for A-class resources, in his Winning book.  Over a period of time, Welch reviews the performance of his key resources, and argues that you should keep A-class people, while motivate B-class, work on C-class, and let D-class move away. Welch classification of A, B, C and D was based on...

Very interesting recap of the most evolving business and management Ideas!. HBR brought into spotlight what struggled businessmen and leaders for the last ten years. Though nothing new about shareholders value, IT value or Behavioral Economics, however, Open Source or greenery businesses or IT investments are new evolutionary landmarks for the last decade. A...

“Laugh, and … well, you won’t get the whole world laughing with you, but you might get your team to unite behind you. Managers tend to shy away from humour, believing that in some way it will undermine their dignity, but the opposite is true, according to research by Marco Sampietro, a professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan,...