Managing your organization by the evidence

Executives, in their search for ways to make organizations function
more successfully, frequently adopt simplistic solutions.
A new analysis of more than 230 global businesses shows that
combinations of carefully selected actions can be far more effective
than one-dimensional interventions.
Although organizations tend to perform better when they use specific
practices to make employees accountable, to set goals and priorities,
and to establish a performance culture, they achieve the best results
by undertaking all three simultaneously.
Companies with a lot of organizational baggage-the legacy, perhaps,
of a strong culture or leadership style-may need to modify this "base
case."