COMMENTARY--Goal cascading is an increasingly popular concept in business today--and one that is fundamentally flawed. Think about what cascading implies: a waterfall, a one-way, irreversible flow ...

Howard Risher is a private consultant who specializes in pay and performance. The April 4 FCW.com article “How to link employee performance to organizational goals,” by Michael Hardy, discusses an ...

New York, 7 July– The climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and an increased number of conflicts around the world have placed the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in jeopardy, according to The ...

In my years as a corporate leader, there seemed to be an emphasis on simply cascading business objectives. Not sharing the rationale or purpose behind them. Not describing the big picture. It was cut ...

New York, 18 September – Gathering at the SDG Summit on 18 to 19 September, world leaders agreed today to urgently step up their efforts to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), our global ...

Drive goals downward. Most ofthe time, the top managementmay have a certain goal, andat the CEO or CFO level, theywill understand. But beyondthat, nobody understands thegoals very clearly. So you need ...