Recognizing people as a vital competitive advantage is a big change from traditional business strategies. Growing evidence shows the importance of leveraging people as a competitive advantage, yet many modern organizations continue to rely on traditional strategic approaches. Usually, these conventional strategies focus on financial metrics, market positioning, and operational efficiencies, often overlooking the human...

I’ve worked with MBOs a.k.a. Management By Objectives on and off at a variety of places. Your manager (and presumably their manager) define a set of quantifiable (S.M.A.R.T.) objectives for you to hit in the coming quarter. Then you review them at the end of the quarter. Easy, right? I must be treating these things...