by Carol Sanford | Jul 13, 2011 | Business Development
Providing feedback to peers, subordinates, and even superiors—particularly the 360 Degree view of performance appraisal—became popular as scientists and engineers began to understand how cybernetic systems work in computer applications. The creators of these...
by Carol Sanford | May 30, 2011 | Business Development
I have a young protégé who was a sustainability director at Campbell’s Soup for a few years before she headed to Africa for volunteer work. She’s a scientist with a doctoral degree in water ecology and engineering. Often, as she walks through factories and offices,...
by Carol Sanford | May 11, 2011 | Business Development
This blog was initially posted on Forbes blogger Steve Denning’s site 1. You have worked with teams that have no supervision. You call them Buyer Node Teams. Please tell us about them. Buyer node teams are champions for a set of customers or consumers. In a...
by Carol Sanford | Mar 10, 2011 | Business Development
Businesses Need to Raise the Bar to Attract Talent. That is the title of a very nice piece in the Financial Times by Michelle Quest, head of People at KPMG. Quest makes several good points but one in particular jumped out at me. When hiring, “you need to pay attention...
by Carol Sanford | Feb 9, 2011 | Business Development
On Monday the Responsible Business looked at the Egyptian protests from the tendency of many leaders to blame others for shortfalls that happen on their watch. I proposed that this was less an example of scapegoating than lack of capability to think systemically and...