Check Under the Hood

In the past, if you wished to change the direction of an organization, you would issue directives and, if need be, modify, add, or remove policies.

Now, however, you need to look beneath the surface. The individual departments have separate structures that may continue, if unchanged, in the old direction.

And yes, you need to check the software. It may need to be removed or changed.

Many an A-leaning organization has anti-A software.

Check it out.

And remember, as a savvy young executive once mentioned to me, most of the junk comes in via HR.