Dan Tynan - InfoWorld (US) IT organizations have a lot on their plates, and keeping the data center humming is only part of the equation. Factor in the threats coming at IT from every direction, and you can see why IT pros have ample reason to be paranoid. The invasion of consumer devices into the workplace, [...]
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5 Reasons IT Pros Should Be Paranoid
Posted in Bender Consulting Update, Culture, IT, Leadership, tagged IT, mobility, risk management, technology on August 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Surviving 2010′s Stressful Work Environment
Posted in Leadership, Management, Project Management, Thought Leadership on April 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As a professional consultant for the past decade, I’ve had a unique front row seat to a diverse set of clients executing a vast array of projects. All have been high stress and important to the enterprise. But something is different in 2010. Employees are busier — and more stressed (I’m actually too busy to [...]
Successful Projects Are Like Living Organisms
Posted in Information Sharing, Leadership, Management, Project Management, tagged Change Management, Leadership, Process, Project Management, value on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is a statistic often quoted in the business community around the world that two thirds of all projects fail to achieve their intended objectives. Usually, this is followed with a brilliant explanation as to the root cause for why they blow up on the launching pad. Then a promise comes that if we focus [...]
IT Leadership: Tips for success
Posted in IT, Leadership on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit will double approximately every two years. In layman’s terms this means that in every two years computer processing gets twice as powerful. It seems to me there is a parallel with CIO’s in that every two years the [...]
Leading Without Formal Authority
Posted in Leadership, Management, Project Management on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leading without authority is a true skill and art — it also might be one of the most valuable skills in the corporate world as the pace of business accelerates and traditional top-down directives dissipate. Whether you’re a manager, a frontline worker, or an independent contractor, at one time or another you’ve surely had to [...]
Change Management — Easy Enough for a Caveman?
Posted in Change Management, Leadership, Management, Thought Leadership on October 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Bender Consulting’s Conference Board Presentation: Engaging the Black Hole of Middle Management Related blog entry by Jay Stuller: While my wife contends I’m an utter sap for expressing misguided sentiment, I have growing empathy for those aggrieved GEICO cavemen, fictional though they may be. My daughter, a rational and well-educated author approaching her mid-30s, also [...]
Reduce knowledge loss impacts of a “graying workforce” by leveraging new digital technologies
Posted in Information Sharing, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Thought Leadership, tagged knowledge management on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a good blog post discussing how new digital technologies enable talent to learn at a faster pace. Companies facing a graying effect (ex: Oil and Gas industry) should enable and encourage this learning as an opportunity to decrease impacts from knowledge loss.
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 [...]
Leading during uncertain times
Posted in Change Management, Leadership, Management, Project Management, Thought Leadership, tagged Economy, Execution, Leadership on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Research consistently shows that tough economic times are the best opportunities to create separation from your competition. Companies that execute their key strategic initiatives over the next 3-5 years will get greater value than past initiatives. This is a very long article, but it presents a good snapshot in time of December 2008. In [...]
Recent executive survey highlights the difficulty of organizational transformations
Posted in Change Management, Culture, Leadership, Management, tagged Change Management, Organizational Design on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The fact that change is difficult is not a new concept. However, a recent survey of executives from around the world indicates that only a third of them achieved a performance step change from the desired change. The survey results highlight several important tactics that organizations use to transform themselves successfully. Setting clear and high [...]
