Remove Culture Remove Efficiency Remove Pharmaceuticals
article thumbnail

Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Culture is like the wind. For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. But culture change can’t be achieved through top-down mandate. Practices for Leading a Cultural Movement. One leader who understands this well is G.V.

Culture 135
article thumbnail

The 5 Elements of a Strong Leadership Pipeline

Harvard Business

We surveyed and interviewed executives from more than 2,000 companies, asking extensive questions about how they develop leaders, how their companies are managed, how they coordinate their work, and what their organizational culture looks like. The culture at GE, for example, centers on execution, simplicity, and innovation.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

The book gives readers a variety of concepts, tools, and techniques as well as explains how to implement them in an organization to increase the efficiency of its project management and business processes. When it comes to managing projects and their human resources, such a philosophy can bring good results, too.

article thumbnail

2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

It offers a centralized platform to engage with the world’s leading suppliers, explore the latest industry innovations and products, discover tools that will help boost efficiency, and enhance profitability. The summit will also involve panel dialogues centered on market dynamics, technological advancements, and workforce considerations.

Industry 130
article thumbnail

This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business

In a recent Gallup poll , the pharmaceutical industry was the most widely disliked private industry, ranking even lower than lawyers. Their mandate: Come up with fresh ideas for making the notoriously expensive and time-consuming drug-development process more efficient.

Company 121
article thumbnail

Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. Here are some examples of what will be required to change the operating culture: Contract rationalization. .” Clearly, more is needed.

System 128
article thumbnail

How a U.S. Health Care System Uses 15-Minute Huddles to Keep 23 Hospitals Aligned

Harvard Business

Their focus is culture-based, not project-based, since we believe that real change and improvement come from a culture of continuous improvement aligned with strategy and a daily management system. Accountability is vital to the efficiency of the process. We have also implemented a series of weekly reports in key system areas.

System 130