Timothy R. Clark: How dysfunctional and resistant to change is your organization?
The private sector is the place where accountability is most direct and most continuous. Businesses die every day. But even here, there are subcategories of resistance to change. Basic industry tends to be the most recalcitrant. They are capital-intensive and have to invest on multiyear time horizons.Consumer goods are less so. Services even less. Finally, the technology sector least of all. The main reason is the length of the product development cycle. The shorter the cycle, the more agile the company. For example, most of the software companies I work with have 18-month product development cycles. They have a cadence and culture that reflects the velocity of the market and the disruptive potential of new entrants.
Timothy R. Clark is the CEO of TRClark LLC, a management consulting and leadership development organization. His newest book, "The Employee Engagement Mindset," has just been released from McGraw-Hill. Email: trclark@trclark.net
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Timothy R. Clark, Ph.D., is an author, international management consultant, former two-time CEO, Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University and Academic all-American football player at BYU. His latest two books are "The more ..
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