I love reading about big companies: Apple, Google, Trader Joe’s, Amazon. I find these organizations fascinating. For better or worse, I’m connected to these companies because I buy their products or use their services.
An article about Netflix’s reinvention of HR caught my eye recently. It’s from 2014, so the ideas aren’t “new,” but a great deal of research supports the best practices in talent management and employee engagement outlined in the article. So, if we know what works, why aren’t we doing it? One explanation is that managers are overworked and exhausted from the pandemic, supply chain challenges, and labor shortages.
Peter Drucker, who has been called the father of management theory said, “I would hope that American managers—indeed, managers worldwide—continue to appreciate what I have been saying almost from day one: that management is so much more than exercising rank and privilege, that it is about so much more than ‘making deals’. ‘Management affects people and their lives.'”
Invest in your managers by sending them to the Anderson Center Management Forum. This 4-day series explores relevant business topics using case studies, equipping managers to make better decisions with increased cross-functional awareness – empowering them to be managers who others want to follow. Contact Rebecca Clobes to learn more or register today!
