Is management a profession? Is it a profession in the same way that Medicine or Law is a profession? If it is a profession, why don’t we “govern” it in the same way? Here is a definition of “profession” by Rakesh Kurana, Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. True professions have [...]
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Is Management a Profession?
Posted in Ethics / Values, Management, Thought Leadership on March 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
25 Stretch Goals for Management
Posted in Change Management, Culture, Ethics / Values, Information Sharing, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Performance Measurement, Process Improvement, Project Management, Thought Leadership, Web 2.0 on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In May 2008, a group of renowned scholars and business leaders gathered in Half Moon Bay, California, with a simple goal: to lay out an agenda for reinventing management in the 21st century. Attendees included progressive CEOs such as Terri Kelly from WL Gore, Vineet Nayar from HCL Technologies, and John Mackey from Whole [...]
Discussion Board for Bender Consultants Launched
Posted in Bender Consulting Update, Culture, Ethics / Values, Information Sharing, Innovation, Project Management, Web 2.0 on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In our continuing effort to leverage technology to increase our value to our clients, we have recently launced an internal “discussion board” for all Bender Consultants. The purpose of this discussion board is to provide a secured knowledge sharing location for our consultants. This will enable consultants working for XYZ Client to efficiently request and [...]
Google CEO discusses company ethos
Posted in Culture, Ethics / Values, Leadership, Management, tagged Culture, Organizational Design, Process on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Company cultures have transformed drastically over the past 20 years, and will continue to do so. Company’s ethos and values will become more important to Gen X and Y talent, as will the companies ability to be “open” and enable talent to learn and participate in the “company dialogue” at an increasing level. This [...]
