John’s research interests include: leading organization transformation; leadership and management system design; and sustainable: high performance (triple bottom line - profit, people, planet). He is most interested in discovering and creating new ways to help leaders learn to design and transform organizations to create sustainable results for multiple stakeholders (investors, customers, employees, partners, society and the natural environment). Most of his current efforts are focused on the research agenda at the Monfort Institute at the University of Northern Colorado (Latham, 2008).  

Current Projects

Leading the Journey to Performance Excellence: CEO Perspectives

This study is based on in depth interviews with 14 CEOs from Baldrige Award recipient organizations. 

1. Status: Data analysis using NVivo8 Qualitative Data Analysis Software is complete. Currently writing the paper that describes the framework for leading sustainable transformation.
   

2. Watch the Videos on preliminary findings from leading the journey study.
   

3. Watch the Webinar on preliminary findings from leading the journey research.
   

4. Download the Slides from the latest presentation on the findings from the leading the journey research.
   

5. Read the Research Report on CEO Attitudes and Motivations.
   

6. Leadership Systems: See Conference Paper titled: Leadership System Design for Sustainable Excellence: CEO Perspectives. 
   

7. For more on leading transformation see the Transformation Studio on this site.
   

Design Methods, Practices and Considerations

Constantly working on developing better design methodologies using an action research approach. Integrating ideas and concepts from product and service designers, appreciative inquiry, systems thinking, social construction, into the process and framework for designing leadership and management systems. For more on management system design visit the Design Studio on this site.

1. Status: Most recent paper is forthcoming - Latham, J. R. (Forthcoming). Management System Design for Sustainable Excellence: Framework, Practices and Considerations. Quality Management Journal. Accepted 2001.
   

Design for Sustainability

Strategic Management System Design for Sustainability: Elevating and integrating the triple bottom line (sustainable financial, environmental, and social) dimensions into the strategic management system. For more on creating sustainable organizations visit the Sustainability Studio on this site.

1. Status: Working on understanding the current metrics and methods used by high performing organizations to develop a deploy strategies that are sustainable.
   

Updated: September 6, 2011