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The Sustainable Organisation – Driving value through organisational change
By Claire Arnold, Co Founder of Maxxim Consulting


Everyone who has the ambition, drive and competence to want the top job has to be alive...
Creating Abundant Organizations
Interview with Dave and Wendy Ulrich
In “The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations” (McGraw-Hill 2010), Dave and Wendy Ulrich set out...
Jumping the S-Curve: How to Reach the Top – and...
By Paul Nunes and Timothy Breene
One obvious trait of high-performance companies is that they are all adept at launching new businesses -- a process...
The Economic Aftermath of the Recent Earthquake in Sendai, Japan
By Ilan Noy
Natural disasters potentially impact severely on economic dynamics — e.g. on production, prices, incomes, and employment — in the post-disaster period.
Over the...
The Changing of the Guard: Rules for Successful Succession Planning in...
By Al Weatherhead
I remember going to work six years ago at Weatherchem, my plastic caps and closures company. Before going to my office...
Social Technologies in the Enterprise – Rising to the Challenge
By Evgeny Kaganer, Sandra Sieber and Neil Hair
“What we are looking at is how to build a collaborative platform hooked into business automation software....
Hidden Needs Analysis: Creating Breakthrough Products
An Interview with Keith Goffin
The clear identification of customer needs is a fundamental part of successful innovation and most organizations aim to develop a...
Underdog Branding: Why Underdogs Win in Recessions
By Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Jill Avery
In response to difficult economic and social realities, firms can successfully both inspire, and increase their appeal...
Discover the Art of Real Road Driving Part II: Tip-tronic...
By Julian Smith
If you have a car with one of these tip-tronic gearboxes, do you know how to use it so as to get...
Why Emotions Are as “Soft” as Gold Bars (Making Money)
By Dan Hill
For brand-oriented consumers and leaders as well as your average worker, emotions matter. Emotions are central, not peripheral, to both marketplace and...
Leadership and the Structure of Trust
By Paul R. Lawrence and Robert Porter Lynch
Trust enables everything to move faster more effortlessly,and with less conflict.
In the business world, executives soon...