The world of tech is not for the faint of heart. It can be high-stakes and the margin between wild success and yesterday’s news is razor thin at times. In order to stay one step ahead of the competition in the war for market share, many tech companies have begun to fundamentally shift how they […]
DevOps, Culture Change and the Brass Ring of Velocity Read More »
According to the Corporate Learning Factbook 2015, U.S. corporations reported a 10% increase in training expenditures last year, to $1,004 per employee. Included in this expenditure number is training in team building. Given these huge sums of money that companies sink into team building exercises every year, why do these trainings have such difficulty sustaining
What Sports Can Teach Us About Building Better Teams Read More »
2006 was a memorable year for a lot of reasons. Facebook opened its doors to the general public. Zinedine Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi during the World Cup Final. And for some reason, Americans paid a total of $62 million to watch Snakes on a Plane. But the most important event for me in 2006 was
What I’ve Learned In Ten Years as a Bootstrapped Entrepreneur Read More »
There’s a sexy word out there that comes up when we’re dealing with the stickiest organizational problems. Touted as the panacea to things like diminishing employee engagement, silo-ed communication, and organizational stress, the word falls from the lips of serious leaders and managers everywhere:
Are We Really In “Dialogue?” Or Are We Just Talking? Read More »
Last month, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), released a notice requesting firms and their broker-dealers provide details about the organizational cultures that exist in their workplaces. The notice cited Ben McLannahan’s article in The Financial Times, which estimated that fines, penalties and litigation costs associated with cultural failures in the industry have totaled over $300
What FINRA’s Focus on Culture Means for Financial Services Read More »
Leading a successful, rapidly growing organization can be one of the most thrilling, liberating and stressful things a person can do. Those of us who have taken the plunge into the world of entrepreneurship know, firsthand, that this life is anything but boring. As I’ve watched my business grow over the years, I’ve often reflected
What Are The Greatest Priorities For Rapidly Growing Companies? Read More »
Recruiting new employees should feel like a relief. Fresh perspectives, new possibilities, and more balanced workloads. Although, if you’ve ever done recruiting, you probably know that it rarely works out that way. What begins as an exciting endeavor to seek out that person whose presence will restore order to your over-encumbered and frantically busy team
3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Recruiting Process Read More »
There is little doubt that DevOps has become a term du jour in tech circles over the last couple of years. Many tech firms understand the concept as a culture transformation. And they likely understand that collaboration in order to speed up production cycle times can be a win-win for companies and consumers alike. But
DevOps: Why People (Not Tools) Are Transforming Software Development Read More »
Guest article written by Deidre Paknad Two-thirds of corporate recruiters say their organization has a difficult time managing millennials and a similar number of executives give millennials low grades for work preparedness according to Deloitte – alarming because they comprise a third of the workforce. While it’s common to call them out as “different” or “difficult,” they may not
Managing, Mentoring & Working with Millennials Read More »
In 2013, CEB research found that 86% of organizations had recently made significant changes to their performance management system, or were planning to. In 2014, a Deloitte survey found that 58% percent of companies surveyed did not think performance management was an effective use of time, and many media outlets jumped on the opportunity to
The Future of Performance Management is Not One-Size-Fits-All Read More »
Creating and maintaining a high-performing organization is difficult. Learn how to make our expertise work for you.
© 2024 gothamGovernment Services LLC. | Privacy Policy | All Rights Reserved
