Organizations working toward digital transformation must also rethink their ways of working, company culture, talent management, and reskilling strategies. Explore BCG’s latest thinking on people and organization to learn what this means for your business.
Organizations can move out of their state of suspended animation and build a new compact based on trust with their employees.
Effective people-centric solutions—in areas such as workforce flexibility, corporate purpose, and digital readiness—can play a big role in helping companies find their way through the crisis.
The crisis is changing the way we work at lightning speed. To survive and thrive in the years ahead, companies will have to adapt and respond—and get started immediately.
New ways of working adopted throughout the enterprise are helping OP to streamline decision making and improve employee engagement.
Agility at scale can move the needle on cost, speed, and resilience simultaneously.
Good leaders thrive during crises. Instead of pretending to know all the answers, they help their teams navigate uncharted territory together.
The coronavirus renders collocation impossible but not agile ways of working.
Making Agile Work
Too often, agile remains confined to software development.
Three essential elements—head, heart, and hands—can help leaders keep their teams engaged and motivated through a time of uncertainty and radical change.
Today’s agile, collaborative, and people-oriented companies will fare better with leadership that shares those same attributes.
Key behaviors, at key moments, define you as a leader. They also define the future of the organization.
Cultural transformation is difficult—but not impossible. RBC CEO Dave McKay explains how a shock to the system can deliver change.
Transformation in the digital era is always-on—and never easy. This holistic and human-centric approach enables organizations to succeed today and thrive tomorrow.
What many senior executives fail to recognize when they pull the trigger on change initiatives is that they also need to change—change how they lead, communicate goals, organize their teams, influence others, track progress and measure success.
The most compelling reason for boosting the presence of women and non-white-males in executive suites? They have earned a seat at the table.
The COVID-19 pandemic proves the need to permanently integrate data, technology, and human sensibilities.
Today's job market presents a unique challenge. Now is the time to throw away your earlier game plan, get creative, and hustle.
Former chairman & CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi’s new book focuses on how to integrate work & family—and demonstrates why her leadership style continues to inspire.
Experience gaps exist between different generations. While millennials bring fresh perspectives to the table, it is important to note how much knowledge they can gain from their more senior colleagues.
Don't expect the management career ladder to totally disappear. Do expect it to morph into something significantly different.
Companies must master and control emerging technologies to take charge of their next customized digital initiative.
Leaders should focus on collaboration, cooperation, and teamwork—as opposed to the performance of any single employee.
High-performing companies make the most of these office mainstays by setting guidelines that help keep things as simple as possible.
Change is hard, but readiness is all. Companies prepared to manage the leader, people, and program journeys can double their chances of success.
As change accelerates, most companies are not keeping up. Leaders need to understand the key drivers of change and redesign their organizations with a focus on six core attributes.
Upending the traditional biopharmaceutical approach, Allergan’s digital transformation addressed health and beauty consumers directly.
A wave of change is coming that will make the way we work almost unrecognizable to today’s business leaders. To succeed, they will need to discover new ways of organizing, performing, and leading, along with new approaches to recruiting, developing, and engaging employees.
To thrive in the post-pandemic economy, companies must make learning an integral part of their culture and operations.
The pandemic has made the work-life balance dramatically harder for many families. Companies can—and should—take steps to help.
Providing employees with the latest digital skills will be critical to company success throughout this decade. It could also be a secret weapon in the struggle for gender diversity.
The rapidly changing workplace presents an imperative—and an opportunity—for employees to reenergize their learning and capabilities.
Countries must strive to achieve human-capital development that serves the economies of tomorrow.
Emerging trends in the world of work include the UK's decline as a destination and increased expectations everywhere for a better work-life balance.
The Future of Work
BCG partners with the World Economic Forum to develop a blueprint that helps companies manage changes and challenges in the future of work.
Investments in new technology yield results only for companies that reassess, rethink, and restructure the way they work.
Adopting a best-of-breed approach improves flexibility in critical processes while unleashing more agile ways of working.
With digital technologies and BCG’s three-point approach, professional services firms can realize cost savings of 30% to 40%—and rev their commercial engines.
Companies that adopt agile ways of working are five times more likely to experience faster growth and higher profits than those that don’t. Several other elements of good organization design can also help.
