Jack Stack has done it again. He’s produced another superior book about the huge successes that open book management is having on organizations of all sizes and industries. The book is “Change the Game: Saving the American Dream by Closing the Gap Between the Haves and the Have-nots.” Jack is CEO of SRC Corporation in… Read more
Open Book Management
The Purest Form of Organizational Communication
Last month, I spoke at the Gathering of the Games, the world’s largest conference on open book management. Hundreds of open book leaders and communication practitioners from around the world were in attendance to learn, share and celebrate the principles and practice of open book management. Open book management is a leadership philosophy that’s grounded… Read more
Open for Business
Is your business an open book? Open book management is a leadership philosophy that’s grounded in the notion of creating businesses of business people where everyone in the organization thinks and acts like business owners. I’ve been taking clients to open book management pioneer SRC Corporation in Springfield, Missouri for more than 25 years. For… Read more
The High Performance Cocktail
Open book management is the purest form of organization communication that I’ve seen in more than 30 years. Blended with a sound change management process, it can take business performance to heights never thought possible. It is the high performance cocktail. I met Jack Stack nearly 25 years ago. He was CEO of SRC Holdings… Read more
Mixing a Powerful Results Cocktail
There’s a tremendous amount of stress today on organizations to communicate well. The pace of change continues to escalate, putting pressure on people and teams to move the right information quickly, accurately, clearly and in multiple directions. Earlier this year, I discussed how we addressed a client’s poor performance using two different solutions. One was… Read more
Build a Business of Turned-On Business People
If you want to build trust and take performance into the stratosphere, open the books. Share information that matters to improving operating and financial results. Celebrate people when they score big successes. Repeat. Open book management is the purest leadership communication philosophy I’ve seen and worked with. It’s grounded in the notion of creating businesses… Read more
Activities Aren’t Results
Some business people do stuff. Others fix stuff. Case in point. The head of HR at a mid-sized Midwestern company called me a few weeks ago and said she needed to act on the company’s recent employee survey results. She and her survey team had concluded that the organization needed to address four weak areas… Read more
Connecting Strategy to Strategy for Big Results
Many businesses under-perform because functional department strategies are misaligned with the overarching business strategy. The misalignment diffuses energy and saps productivity. It’s also avoidable. This is a timely subject as I head to New Orleans later this week to conduct a special three-hour workshop June 5th at the World Conference of the International Association of… Read more
Three Steps to a 2016 Performance Lift
Last week, I spoke with a leader of a reputable financial company about steps organizations can take to boost performance. Here are three approaches that are certain to give your organization a big lift, if you have the discipline to execute well. Manage communication to improve results and add value rather than to just “get… Read more
An Over-Achieving Leader’s Plan
One of my clients, “Mary” (not her real name), recently challenged me to recommend a plan of five actions she can take to elevate her newly adopted business to a higher level. I had previously advised her through a relatively significant process in another company. She’s now taking on another big challenge and wants to… Read more