by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
Review of Part 1 Last month it was pointed out that some cultures and some locations encounter a bribe system among staff, officials and bureaucrats. The factors that dominate the ‘whys’ of a bribery system were listed as: Underpayment of staff Power Lack of fear...
by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
Overview Some cultures and some locations encounter a bribe system among officials and bureaucrats. How can this be treated and reversed? The solutions offered below attack the root causes, which require a fundamental cultural shift of the affected group. As such,...
by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
Overview From the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins, comes the idea of the ‘hedgehog concept’ created by Isaiah Berlin wherein a company defines a simple three-prong focus and sticks to it. By doing so the enterprise eliminates complication, resists destructive...
by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
Overview Companies in the private sector, for the most part, report an absence of profits today but greatly anticipate profits tomorrow; however, for many, tomorrow never seems to come. Agencies in the public sector exhibit an inability to achieve even modest...
by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
The Myth The benefits of rewards are so entrenched in our society that the response to the title of this paper will most likely be a reaction of strong disbelief. Everyone “knows” that incentives are how we get things done. We are so immersed in...
by billc | Nov 15, 2020 | Newsletters
a) Checks and Balances How often have you heard about a CEO losing control of an enterprise and being unaware of the key indicators of performance? It happened in 2002 with the collapse of Enron and the demise of Arthur Anderson. Both collapses were a simple matter of...
