A Harvard professor, Michael Beer, has looked at what he calls “High Commitment, High Performance Management” in a new book.
Case studies and firms looked at include: Southwest, Johnson and Johnson, Hewlett Packard, Nucor Steel, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and Toyota.
Some predictable names there. But I like his elevator pitch for plural management approaches:
“High commitment, high performance (HCHP) companies are firms designed and led by their founders or by transformational CEOs—those who take charge of a company in a crisis—to achieve sustained high commitment from all stakeholders: employees, customers, investors, and community”.
The Q&A is fascinating. Particularly the part on barriers to success.
A lot of it I’ve read before, but we all need reminding, all the time.
Check it out, here.
I'm Tobias Webb, founder of Innovation Forum and Sustainable Wine. I write on this blog, with others, about areas of interest to me in supply chains, circular economy and sustainability in general. I hope you find it useful. I've worked in sustainability for about 20 years, and work with large companies, NGOs and governments all over the world. I often act as facilitator, at our conferences, and other meetings, either private or multi-stakeholder. I also work as a 'critical friend' advisor to companies on strategy and stakeholder engagement. I have a separate wine website on sustainability in wine at 
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