Organizational Behavior

The FASTEST solution to sustainable long-term growth? In my experience, in most situations, the solution lies on factors that are largely first internal to organizations and not only on those that are external. The secret of growth in organizations lies in being close to the front-line which deals with the clients and is aware of the market…

How to hold on when all you want to do is let go. — As an organizational behavior researcher, I focus on how individuals can thrive and succeed in the workplace. However, what happens when all you can do is merely survive? Burnout. Diminished mental health. Boredom. Work-life imbalance. Sometimes you have to put your head down and merely survive. …

When organisations scale, they tend to become bureaucratic. The leaders become the sole decision makers and employees mere executers. Authority flows from organisational position, and not from needs of the task. As a result, producing outputs become the primary focus of the organisation. This creates a get-paid-go-home (GPGH) mentality among…

When it comes to leadership, there are plenty of well-known theories and models that are often discussed and debated. However, there is also a wealth of lesser-known research findings that can offer valuable insights into what makes a great leader. Here are a few examples: Humble leaders are more effective…

A FAILURE of imagination — “If you want to change the world, you need to change the metaphor.” — Joseph Campbell I’m very interested in how smart people keep FAILING to solve important problems. We’re not solving our biggest problems ! Because we’re not as “smart’ as we think we aremedium.com One of the problems where failure is the norm is the so-called “burnout” epidemic in healthcare (and other) organizations.

I’ll be the judge of that! — I started to use Medium in 2022 as a portfolio for my essays about human nature and work/life. I wanted a simple uncluttered platform as well as an opportunity to read other writers and share my work with them. …

Like a hurricane blowing through — The most widely read of all my Medium posts (>4K views) is titled “Toxic Leadership”, so I assume it’s a topic of some general interest. Because leaders have so much power, everything they do (and don’t do) sends shock waves through the whole place and its people. …

Let us count the ways … — “That we can in fact manage other people is by no means proven. ” — Peter Drucker Despite the purchase of thousands of leadership books and training programs and coaches at annual costs to business in the multi-millions of dollars, many organizations suffer from a lack of adequate people management…

There’s an old story about a Chinese general asking a King if he would have believed a report that a single person saw a tiger roaming the markets in the capital city. King replied that he would not. The general then asked if a King would believe the same rumor…