Imagine walking in to work on a quiet Tuesday morning and you notice your R&D manager Julie has requested a meeting with you at 10 am. You’ve got an open-door leadership style and it’s not unusual for your staff to drop in for a quick conversation. Your R&D manager is a bit more structured and likes to […]
Interim Leadership
Losing a valued employee is disappointing and can most certainly have a deleterious effect on an organization. Management and HR will typically work to retain the individual but, broadly speaking, the company will likely continue on with minimal disruption. Losing a leader however, depending on the level and scope of responsibility of that leader can […]
Maintaining Innovation within a Large Organization
Conventional wisdom suggests that small companies are more innovative than larger organizations. It is also clear that large companies must have been successful (at least in the past) given their size. Considering these observations, does innovation lead to success, does success stifle innovation or are both true? Few would disagree that meaningful innovation leads to […]
Micromanaging Innovation
I recently read a fascinating article on a social media site entitled “Micromanagers: Flushing Companies Down the Toilet, One Detail at a Time”(1). While the article is very thought provoking at a company level, the adverse effects of micromanagement on innovation is even more pronounced. After nearly 30 years in leadership roles in product development […]