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Long-Term Survival & Competitiveness – New Research (Part 1)
I’d like to offer you a snap-shot of some of the findings in a recently-released study that was co-sponsored by the Iacocca Institute, BetterManagement.com, and my firm Greybeard Advisors. The study highlights the failure of corporate leadership to focus on the factors necessary for long-term organizational survival, including talent management issues.
Over 700 executives and senior managers from around the world participated in this study. The questions posed were based on the corporate health assessment process described in detail in the business book “Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death & Build a Resilient Enterprise.” The study drew conclusions about the attention that management is paying to nine core principles, and also drew conclusions about the underlying health of organizations around the world.
The survey results had some truly eye-opening results, including:
-- While many respondents expressed overall optimism about the near-term financial performance of their organizations, their responses indicate that they are quite concerned about some of the fundamental underpinnings of their organizations’ long-term health.
-- Serious underlying conditions at organizations were reported by almost half of the respondents, with 22% reporting problems that equate to “some serious corporate health issues,” and 26% reporting that their organization is seriously “unhealthy” when balanced against the Beat the Odds principles.
-- Particularly weak were the principles that relate to establishing a view and a strategy for the future (and the appropriate competencies to support that view and strategy), as well as principles that relate to translating those ideas into action and execution (including leadership effectiveness, and aligning the workforce).
Perhaps the most intriguing and useful finding: the study demonstrates a clear relationship between an organization’s overall Beat the Odds (BTO) score across nine core principles, and key corporate issues such as employee retention and morale, industry rank, and financial performance. The implication: perform better across all nine BTO principles, and your organization’s long-term survival and competitiveness will improve.
The full research white paper can be downloaded at: www.greybeardadvisors.com
There will be an audio webinar on this subject December 4. For more info, go to the BetterManagement site:
http://www.bettermanagement.com/seminars/seminar.aspx?l=14583
More on the research results in my next posting.
Long-Term Survival & Competitiveness – New Research (Part 1)
November 28, 2007
I’d like to offer you a snap-shot of some of the findings in a recently-released study that was co-sponsored by the Iacocca Institute, BetterManagement.com, and my firm Greybeard Advisors. The study highlights the failure of corporate leadership to focus on the factors necessary for long-term organizational survival, including talent management issues. Over 700 executives and senior managers from around the world participated in this study. The questions posed were based on the corporate health assessment process described in detail in the business book “Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death & Build a Resilient Enterprise.” The study drew conclusions about the attention that management is paying to nine core principles, and also drew conclusions about the underlying health of organizations around the world.
The survey results had some truly eye-opening results, including:
-- While many respondents expressed overall optimism about the near-term financial performance of their organizations, their responses indicate that they are quite concerned about some of the fundamental underpinnings of their organizations’ long-term health.
-- Serious underlying conditions at organizations were reported by almost half of the respondents, with 22% reporting problems that equate to “some serious corporate health issues,” and 26% reporting that their organization is seriously “unhealthy” when balanced against the Beat the Odds principles.
-- Particularly weak were the principles that relate to establishing a view and a strategy for the future (and the appropriate competencies to support that view and strategy), as well as principles that relate to translating those ideas into action and execution (including leadership effectiveness, and aligning the workforce).
Perhaps the most intriguing and useful finding: the study demonstrates a clear relationship between an organization’s overall Beat the Odds (BTO) score across nine core principles, and key corporate issues such as employee retention and morale, industry rank, and financial performance. The implication: perform better across all nine BTO principles, and your organization’s long-term survival and competitiveness will improve.
The full research white paper can be downloaded at: www.greybeardadvisors.com
There will be an audio webinar on this subject December 4. For more info, go to the BetterManagement site:
http://www.bettermanagement.com/seminars/seminar.aspx?l=14583
More on the research results in my next posting.
Posted by Robert A. Rudzki on November 28, 2007 | Comments (0)
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