LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Going From Colleague to Boss Creates Common New Manager Challenges Not surprisingly, most new managers struggle to make the transition from the role of individual contributor to the role of people leader. 98% of new people managers feel they would benefit from new manager training. Sadly, many are inadequately prepared.

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2021

Who Should Decide Do your managers feel overwhelmed by all the decisions they must make day-by-day? It is estimated that decision making can take up to 70% of a manager’s time. Managers need to gain better decision making capabilities. The Right Culture Not just any decision making culture will do.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Too many new managers have not been taught how to effectively lead people. Research on New Manager Effectiveness. With more than half of first-time managers reporting that they received no training when promoted, it is not surprising that up to 50% of new managers are deemed ineffective by their bosses.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The reality, though, as we found in our research over the last 15 years , is a lot more complicated. Different teams encompass their own unique cultures, including relationships, routines, symbols, jokes, expectations, and tolerance for ambiguity, which requires energy to handle. Optimizing Your Development. Staying Focused.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

In our book Time, Talent and Energy , we note that when employees aren’t as productive as they could be, it’s usually the organization, not its employees, that is to blame. Many corporate cultures require collaboration far beyond what is needed to get the job done. Executives can also work on culture and coaching.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

CEB research says that when we take into account how much money organizations are investing in their performance appraisal technology and how much time managers are spending to evaluate their employees, on average U.S. The philosophy of the company is to see employees improve capabilities over time.

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Ben de Haldevang

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The Guardian recently published a long but interesting piece on the history of time management (from Taylor forward). If you have a moment, do a bit of research to see how these two concepts are portrayed. For the longest time, these two ideas have sat on opposite sides of a very deep chasm. How would you measure that?

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

For example, one of the most common ones is the belief that increasing productivity, or getting the most out of your time, will decrease the quality of your work, or your ability to do tasks perfectly. Yet, more time doesn’t necessarily translate into better quality work. Where my chin should be going uphill, downhill.”

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LSA Global

APRIL 13, 2018

Our recent research, for example, showed a 4-to-1 difference between the performance of sales reps who received coaching from their manager and those who did not. Three Situations When Managers Should Not Coach. Managers should not coach when the coaching: 1. Takes Too Much Time.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. Use a few minutes in a team meeting to share some of the research on the benefits of vacation. As with anything that matters in the workplace, the key to vacation compliance is to measure it and manage it.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2017

The power of our devices, even when they’re just silently sitting there, was confirmed recently by a study published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. A few summers ago I was able to try out a proto-version of Thrive Away, which at the time was an email tool we were developing for HuffPost.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

For some real-world perspective on becoming a first-time manager, I reached out to my friend Dr. Jim Mitchell, a computer scientist who made the leap into management from an engineering position, eventually retiring as Vice President at Oracle Laboratories. How have you developed your people skills? Rebecca Knight.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

” But, in fact, research suggests the opposite: Working from home increases productivity, efficiency, and engagement. “Don’t steamroll your boss with research, but there’s no harm in using empirical evidence” to make your case more compelling. “Face time in the office is important.”

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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.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Sometimes it’s been across oceans and time zones (we are a military family), and sometimes it’s been across town (the office was short on space; I was a slave to my children’s schedules; the whole operation was virtual). Right now I’m halfway through The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , by Stephen Greenblatt.

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