Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) explains that Fast HR is a growing body of work that spells out ways HR can change to meet the needs of today’s fast-growth and high change organizations.
Research and Insights Archive
Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations
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Valour Pulse and Energy Pulse
Theresa M. Welbourne’s (CEO) Valour Pulse and Energy Pulse questions are based on over 20 years of research on what drives firm performance.
Relational Capital: How it Matters and Why it’s Walking Out the Door
Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) states that today, more than ever before, as companies downsize and change their organizations to meet the new challenges they face, relational capital is exiting, and no one even sees it strolling past them on the way out.
Resource Movement: Can We Predict Growth and Decline?
Leadership Pulse by Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) is an on-going learning opportunity for leaders from around the world to share their ideas and thoughts on issues relevant to leaders in today’s ever changing business environment.
Measuring Internal Communication: A toolkit for planning, conducting and applying performance measurement research
Theresa Welbourne asks “Why isn’t pure measurement or data enough to drive action?” Action planning requires powerful research data and dialogue.
Extreme Strategizing
Theresa Welbourne discusses how this month (September, 2008) business leaders, government officials, students, and many workers at every level in the organization were shocked by the massive losses in the financial industry being documented in the press.
Relational Capital: Strategic Advantage for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Negotiation and Collaboration
Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) and Manuela Pardo del Val (Universitat de València) explain that collaborative entrepreneurship research suggests that organizations will soon pursue more collaborative relationships throughout a worldwide network of firms, driving a strategy of continuous innovation, specially small-and medium-size firms (SMEs).
Leadership Confidence: What Goes Down…Keeps Going Down
Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) states that the problem we find is that when leader confidence erodes, then employee confidence declines.
Volunteerism: Leaders’ Attitudes, Thoughts and Behaviors
Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) describes that the focus of the current Leadership Pulse was volunteerism at work.
The People Paradox: A Study of Future Growth Opportunities
Theresa W. Welbourne (CEO) shares that growth and success increase energy, and even if the growth is small or even if the efforts to grow your organization are less than you would like to see, at least some movement will energize your leaders and employees.
Update on Energy Pulse Trends and Human Capital: What Executives Think and What Drives Performance
Building on a set of studies that Theresa M. Welbourne (eePulse) has done over the years predicting initial public offering (IPO) firm performance, this Leadership Pulse study examines the degree to which human capital vs. other types of capital are perceived as important by the executives who run major organizations.
Are Surveys “Evil”?
Using a model that spells out the differences between surveys and data and dialogue tools, Theresa M. Welbourne (eePulse) shows how it becomes clear how to move a survey or score-taking process to one that uses interactive dialogues and produce fast, measurable results.