Recent Articles from Ed Powers
Business fitness = productivity
Is productivity important? Put it this way-what’s better for you, binging and crash diets or just staying in shape? Economists have long pointed to productivity gains as a key driver for economic well-being. But many managers don’t know what productivity is, and fewer still focus on it. Yet increasing productivity lies at the heart of […]
Is MBO holding you back?
I had an interesting debate recently with a colleague at a successful consulting firm. Their practice focuses on making management more accountable through “pay for performance,” which means if managers hit goals, they get a bigger bonus. His firm has prospered, yet the words of late quality guru W. Edwards Deming dogged me. Let me […]