Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2018

When a company needs a supervisor for a team, senior leaders often anoint the team’s most productive performer. Some of these stars succeed in their new role as manager; many others do not. Supporting others’ development. This is a requirement for effective managers. Sadly, it only happens part of the time.

Productivity 53

Productivity Management Emotional Intelligence Leadership 53

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. Companies can begin to address the collaboration overload problem by adjusting organizational structures and routines. Weak time-management disciplines.

Company 53

Company Energy Tools Talent 53

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

According to research by Forbes and McKinsey: 58% of new people managers said they did not attend any management training programs prior to taking on the new role. 98% of new people managers feel they would benefit from new manager training. Can your managers co-create a compelling future vision and plan with their teams?

Management 36

Management Training Training McKinsey 36

Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

Take the example of a biotech company. Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. The following is what was developed. We also helped to develop a decision tree focused on accepting and declining meetings. Does this need to be a meeting?

Guidelines 52

Guidelines Tools Meeting Leadership 52

The Management Centre

APRIL 1, 2020

It draws on methods developed by the trio which have since been applied in a wide range of settings around the world. The GROW framework can be used in conversations, meetings and everyday leadership – it’s not necessarily something you need to set aside a specific time or location for. What’s the Big Idea? What’s the process?

Development 75

Development Leadership Management Resources 75

The Management Centre

APRIL 1, 2020

It draws on methods developed by the trio which have since been applied in a wide range of settings around the world. The GROW framework can be used in conversations, meetings and everyday leadership – it’s not necessarily something you need to set aside a specific time or location for. What’s the Big Idea? What’s the process?

Development 69

Development Leadership Management Resources 69

Peter Stark

JANUARY 3, 2024

Develop a positive attitude Successful managers accept that today is dramatically different than yesterday’s business environment. These managers have realized that if they fight the new environment…they will lose. If you get the most important items done each day, it will minimize the fires.

Time Management 29

Time Management Survey Management Development 29

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

And 48 percent of the new jobs, according to Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce, will emphasize a mix of hard and soft intellectual skills, like active listening, leadership, communication, analytics, and administration competencies. How can companies get a better idea of which skills employees and job candidates have?

Talent 28

Talent Development Data Education 28

LSA Global

JULY 19, 2021

Who Should Decide Do your managers feel overwhelmed by all the decisions they must make day-by-day? You have plenty of company. It is estimated that decision making can take up to 70% of a manager’s time. Managers need to gain better decision making capabilities.

Culture 36

Culture Training Training Management 36

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

According to a survey of Fortune 1,000 companies done by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), 66% of the employees were strongly dissatisfied with the performance evaluations they received in their organizations. Why are employees so frustrated about the way they are evaluated, despite all the time and money being spent on these evaluations?

Comparison 53

Comparison Research Ethics Study 53

Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2016

“I was universally liked across the company, a team player who put in more hours than anyone else,” she said. Jill was one more victim of what I call the “Kumbaya” school of leadership, which says that being open, trusting, authentic, and positive — and working really hard — is the key to getting ahead.

Leadership 28

Leadership Research Time Management Ethics 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. The workshops companies invest in typically teach them to constantly check their thoughts for bias. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits.

Management 40

Management Talent Examples Interviews 40

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

companies spend over $70 billion annually on training, and an average of $1,459 per salesperson — almost 20 percent more than they spend on workers in all other functions. As one new rep testified, the videos quickly brought her up to speed on company messaging and customer stories. Consider Salesforce Commerce Cloud.

Sales 34

Sales Training Training How To 34

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2016

How many times have you walked out of a theoretically important meeting—a leadership offsite, a C-suite pow-wow, a sit-down with the board—thinking, That was a great discussion, but I’m not sure we really accomplished anything ? We see this happen all the time when clients hire us to help manage offsites.

Meeting 28

Meeting Conference Leadership Examples 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 4, 2018

Similarly, managers have acknowledge d that they behave insensitively towards employees or act less fairly because they are “overloaded” or lack time. In our paper, we sought to develop a more rigorous understanding of whether and why overworked bosses are less likely to treat employees fairly.

Research 45

Research Management Survey Study 45

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

Management 48

Management How To Report Training 48

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2016

For example, in 2015, with the support of the European Union, a number of Spanish regional governments conducted a survey to evaluate the extent to which companies allowed employees to work from home (one of the more common and popular work-life balance perks).

Organizational Development 28

Organizational Development Survey Study Report 28

Peter Stark

JUNE 1, 2017

When employees quit and leave for another organization, many managers truly believe that people stay with a company, or leave it, based on their salary. When possible, provide comp time after an extensive project. Spend More Time Leading and Less Time Managing. Listen to your team and use their input.

Talent 30

Talent Survey Training Training 30

Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

So goes the manager’s punch list for check-ins with direct reports. Watch a video of the workshop on the company intranet or read the survey feedback? If this sort of time crunch sounds familiar, you are not alone. With the clock ticking, what could Julie do? Scan the memo? Follow up with the colleagues?

Meeting 28

Meeting Report Research Groups 28