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Designing Organizations as if Change Matters

Apr 5, 2006 | Agility, Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) share that more and more executives and management theorists are calling for agility, flexibility, and innovation in the performance of organizations.

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Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness

Jan 1, 2006 | Change Management

In this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness experts Edward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be “built to change” so they can last and succeed in today’s global economy.

Reward Systems, Motivation and Organizational Change

Jan 1, 2006 | Change Management, Compensation and Benefits, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and Christopher G. Worley (CEO) argue that organizational excellence is about change. We would not have said this in the 1970s, 1980s, or perhaps even in the 1990s. Today it almost goes without saying.

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HR Support for Corporate Boards

Dec 17, 2005 | Change Management, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and John W. Boudreau (CEO) share how corporate boards in the United States are changing as a result of new regulations and performance demands

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Who’s in the Boardroom and Does It Matter: The Impact of Having Non-Director Executives Attend Board Meetings

Jul 15, 2005 | Leadership, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

The present study by Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and David Finegold (Keck Graduate Institute) looks at the impact of having key senior executives attend board meetings even though they are not on the board.

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HR Should Set the Table

Jul 13, 2005 | Future of HR, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

E. Lawler argues that the time is right for HR to take on an important new role in organizations. It needs to become a major player in the development and implementation of business strategy.

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It Should Be All About Organizational Effectiveness

Jul 12, 2005 | Future of HR, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) states that it is the best of times and the worst of times for the HR functions in corporations. The foundation upon which HR functions were built has shifted dramatically in the last few decades.

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Strategic Human Resources Management

Apr 10, 2005 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) explains that a number of forces have converged to support the idea that HR management should be a major strategic focus in most organizations.

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Corporate Governance and Job Creation: Changes in U.S. Boardrooms After Sarbanes Oxley

Mar 9, 2005 | Change Management, Leadership, Sponsor Content

This chapter by David Finegold (Keck Graduate Institute) and Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) provides an overview of how the Boards of U.S. public corporations operate today and are changing in light of new legislation, regulations, and guidelines.

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How Corporate Boards are Changing

Oct 19, 2004 | Leadership, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and David Finegold (Keck Graduate Institute) state that over the past four years, corporate boards in the U.S. have been under increasing pressure. Stimulated by high-profile scandals, investor dissatisfaction with board performance and questions about the level of executive compensation, regulators have introduced significant reforms in the rules governing boards.

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Are Independent Directors the Answer?

Aug 12, 2004 | Leadership, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

A recent survey Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and David Finegold (Keck Graduate Institute) conducted with Mercer Delta of directors in Fortune 1000 companies found that board members themselves feel that of all the proposed board reforms, having boards and audit committees made up of independent directors are by far the most likely to have a positive impact on boards.

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From Human Resource Management to Organizational Effectiveness

Jun 9, 2004 | Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) explains that for at least the last decade virtually every book, article, and speech on the future of the human resources function in corporations has emphasized the need for change.

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