Organizational transformation

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each...

In the past decade, the author has watched more than 100 companies try to remake themselves into better competitors. Their efforts have gone under many...

Businesses hoping to survive over the long term will have to remake themselves into better competitors at least once along the way. These efforts have...

Microsoft and Salesforce have already rolled out sales-focused versions of this powerful tool.

A Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022.

A closer look at four distinct ways to drive transformation.

Six lessons on moving quickly under pressure.

Netflix, Adobe, and Amazon top the list.

Leaders, don't overlook your employees' emotional journey.

What leaders need to know to change orgs for the better.

Many cling to the idea that reducing staff is the fastest, easiest way to cut costs. But there are smarter, more humane approaches.

Three strategies to embed DEI into your core business practices - and make your efforts recession-proof.

Not so long ago, companies were reinvented by teams. Communities of practice may reinvent them yet again—if managers learn to cultivate these fertile organizational forms without destroying them.

Morning Star, a leading food processor, demonstrates how to create an organization that combines managerial discipline and market-centric flexibility—without bosses, titles, or promotions.

Today layoffs have become companies' default response to the challenges created by advances in technology and global competition. Yet research shows that...

In recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis...

Management practices that work well in one phase may bring on a crisis in another.

As organizations continue to explore a variety of flexible work options, one promising avenue is the four-day workweek: The standard 40 hours per week...

The distinctions among followers are every bit as consequential as those among leaders—and have critical implications for how managers should manage.

To shift entrenched ways of thinking, leaders need to understand and respect where people are coming from.