By Victor Assad Unfortunately, many employees do not feel valued at work. As reported by Forbes, a survey of more than 1,000 full-time employees in the US found that more than half of respondents felt only somewhat valued (46.6 percent) or not valued at all (10.7 percent) by their organization. And here’s the point [...]
Readers of this column know I frequently encourage managers, above all else, to build trust among their teams and with their performance management systems in order to achieve high performance and innovation. (As one of my readers told me, “You write about trust all the time.”) Other team traits are also critically important, such [...]
Innovation Management exposes students to the quickly evolving practice of innovation in organizations. Although the outcomes of innovation are well known, organizations generally have difficulty with implementing sustainable innovation platforms. The course begins by introducing students (who are business leaders) to various definitions of innovation, and moves on to develop a deeper understanding of [...]
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner Research shows that innovation and culture can be measured. And, just as importantly, strong cultures of innovation lead to the creation of sustainable competitive advantage and higher financial performance. The key to innovation in organizations, according to InnovationOne LLC’s research, resides in the ability of leaders to define, [...]
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner. New research from McKinsey and Company suggests that the secret to developing effective leaders is to encourage four types of behaviors. Earlier research by McKinsey and other organizations has consistently shown that good leadership is a critical part of organizational health, which is an important driver of shareholder returns. [...]
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner for InnovationOne, LLC There is an irrefutable link between organizational culture and profitability. Organizations with more collaborative, learning, and agile cultures have 22 percent higher profitability than those with static cultures, according to InnovationOne, LLC. Gallup shows even bigger numbers. Although Gallup's’ expertise is employee engagement, not culture, they [...]
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner of InnovatonOne, LLC. Organizations are resorting to relentless cost-cutting and lean sigma during these volatile times. Their goal is to improve their operations, but they’re doing it in a way that alienates employees. Instead, organizations can achieve breakthrough productivity, innovation, and profits by better aligning their employees to the [...]
We are delighted to be co-leading an insightful workshop on “Boosting Innovation by 3X-The Power of Culture Management” with Jason Stolworthy and Jim Keating of Idaho National Labs and InnovationOne's Brooke Dobni, PhD., and Victor Assad at the LESI 2024 International Conference in Madrid on April 29. Nationally funded R&D Labs can significantly boost [...]
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner of InnovationOne, LLC Employees who work in organizations with a positive culture are overwhelmingly more satisfied at work and are consistently more committed to their organizations. That was the conclusion of a recent workplace culture study by the Society of Human Resources (SHRM) of 15 countries. And SHRM’s work [...]
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner of InnovationOne, LLC I was working with a program development team leader heading up a significant upgrade to one of the company’s most popular and profitable products. And he was failing. The leader was intelligent, hardworking, very clear with setting goals and direction, tracking team actions, and always available [...]
