Changing an organization has been compared to teaching an elephant to dance. People may resist change because they're happy as things are, they're worried about losing out, or they're scared to leave ...

Effective leadership requires envisioning the organization as one interconnected system rather than isolated parts.

As some blog readers will recall, I regularly read a number of academic journals with articles relevant to public management, and sometimes blog about them to share the findings. I am particularly ...

A while back I tried an experiment. I gathered the annual reports of nearly 80 companies. There was nothing scientific about my selection. Other than trying to get reports from several different ...

Although more and more organizations are taking steps toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, people of color continue to consistently report feeling undervalued, ...

Human resources (HR) departments manage a range of issues related to employees and their relationships with their employers. Small business human resource departments may consist of as little as a ...

I received a call from the chief transformation officer of a midsize financial services company. Their company-wide change effort to shift from a product company to a services company was in shambles ...

Picture the most successful companies in the world; they have one thing in common — an effective organizational structure. But what exactly does that entail and how can it make or break a business? If ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, researcher, and ...