Tips for Keeping Employees Focused on Your Company’s Mission
By making your company’s mission to serve humanity, your employees become part of a fundamental goal and will, in return, experience a re-invigorated sense of purpose and motivation.
Organizational Behavior
Pandemic Pivot
Right now, investing in personal growth is imperative. What are your weaknesses in business? Sales? Financials? Marketing? Whatever your weakness is must now become your strength to position your business for success in the coming months.
New Issue of the Graziadio Business Review Posted
Welcome to a new issue of the Graziadio Business Review. This issue includes a variety of articles written by knowledgeable authors that we believe you will find informative, insightful, and engaging. Hiring Disabled Workers Bringing the Whole Community into the Workforce By MICHAEL CAFFERKY, DBA MDIV One of our most underserved and underutilized groups is the … Continued
When You’re the Arriving Leader – Part IV of IV
There are six nearly inevitable land mines a newly arriving executive will contend with whether they arrive from within or outside the organization.
Relational Dynamics Can Get Screwy…Even in the Best Case Scenarios – Part III of IV
When leaders experience the stress during transition initiatives, they can wind up coming to illogical conclusions and behave in ineffective ways.
Managing Evolving Relational Dynamics of Transitioning Executives – Part II of IV
Part of succession preparation includes analyzing key relationships, the value those relationships create, and a detailed plan for effectively working together.
The Mechanics of Successful Executive Transitions – Part I of IV
Ask any HR or OD professional about their company’s succession planning process, and you’ll likely hear a dozen different versions of the process.
6 Great New Articles on GBR
The new issue of the Graziadio Business Review includes a variety of articles written by knowledgeable authors that we believe you will find informative, insightful, and engaging. While women make up half the workforce in nearly every country, women do not comprise half of the leadership. In “A Values Approach to Advancing Women in Leadership,” … Continued
New Issue of Graziadio Business Review
If you have time over the holidays, be sure to check out the latest issue of the Graziadio Business Review. A Generic Problem: Should FDA Approval of Drugs Stop Consumers’ Suits for Injuries? By Larry Bumgardner, JD The Supreme Court has ruled federal law blocks consumers from suing for injuries from generic drugs, yet brand name … Continued
New Issue of Graziadio Business Review
Welcome to the new issue of the Graziadio Business Review! This issue is now available online at gbr.pepperdine.edu. Let the Social Networking Games Begin Gamification: The Future for Business in Hiring and Training By Donald M. Atwater, PhD and Brian Clark, MBA The use of social networking games for business, which is referred to as gamification, is … Continued
Implementing Intrapreneurship: A Structural and Cultural Approach
Present age organizations face a very complex and uncertain environment. In order to remain innovative and viable in the long run, many organizations are turning to “intrapreneurship.” However, what is intrapreneurship? How different it is from entrepreneurship? What can an organization do to promote intrapreneurship? In the Graziadio Business Review article “Implementing Intrapreneurship: A Structural … Continued
A Quick Tip on Giving Effective Feedback by Steven M. Sommer
Steven M. Sommer, professor of applied behavioral science, shares his “ABC model,” a three-step process for providing and receiving feedback effectively.
Humor Makes All the Difference
Alan Beard, adjunct marketing professor and social media expert, discusses the value of keeping humor in the workplace.
The Myth of Learning from Experience: How Experiential Avoidance (EA) Blocks Insight and Wisdom
Are you smarter and wiser than you were last year or even last month? Learning from experience is critical to gains in thinking and performance. But what if we were to tell you that in many cases, when it matters most, learning from experience may be a myth? Read on to discover the danger of … Continued
Continuous Partial Attention: Is it Time to Audit your “CPA”?
Attention is a precious resource. Have you considered how you use, diffuse, confuse and potentially abuse your attention? Do you understand the link between where you are spending your attention and the quality of your energy, productivity, and relationships? We live in a world with tremendous potential for distraction. Linda Stone, a former Apple and … Continued