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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations interact and influence one another. Though, in the field of business management, it is a largely used concept as ...

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 ...

Without conscious effort on the part of fire department leadership, members are unlikely to abandon their personal values and solely adopt organizational ones. Fire service leaders must lead their ...

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 ...