Articles from MIT Sloan Management Review

1. Empowering Employees to Prevent Disaster: Lessons from BP

   Explore Article MIT Sloan Management Review (Aug 4 2010)

   If Wartzman is right that there’s a connection between job insecurity, pressure to cut costs, and employee unwillingness to speak up about risks and problems in the workplace, that doesn’t bode well for reducing risky workplace conditions – in all kinds of organizations – during a period of high unemployment and corporate cost-cutting. (Read Full Article)
   

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2. Collaborative Strategy: Q & A w/ Nilofer Merchant. An excellent piece on engagement vs. inclusion

   Explore Article MIT Sloan Management Review (Mar 22 2010)

   Companies fail to include employees for three reasons. First, companies often confuse collaboration with a “kumbaya” kind of approach as if how we feel about each other is the point. It’s not. It’s about co-laboring towards a goal. The only real reason we want to include employees at all levels is to let us create better solutions, better outcomes. To avoid this, we need to move beyond “inclusion” to a full engagement where you get ideas and demand that people engage the process of figuring out what should “we” do to win. (Read Full Article)
   

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3. Do You Really Want to Be a Leader? - #MIT Sloan Management Review

   Explore Article MIT Sloan Management Review (Mar 8 2010) CEO Leadership

   Aspiring executives who wish to gauge their ultimate potential, or that of others, should ask instead: What level of leadership do they aspire to? And are they willing to invest the effort and make the sacrifices required to take on the responsibilities of the position? The most senior jobs present tasks that are massive, complex and full of conflict. The playing field and rules become less certain. Indeed, part of a leader’s job is to shape these things. (Read Full Article)
   

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