LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Promotion to Management and How to Develop New People Leaders While being promoted to a management role is exciting, many first time people leaders are dismayed by how difficult it can be to lead, manage, and coach teams of people with different roles, skills, attitudes, and desires.

Development 36

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

A new study of over 2,000 American office workers found that over 70% experienced some form of unclear communication from their colleagues. In the absence of guidelines, the organization had evolved into an always-on culture with communication taking place 24/7 – and across multiple platforms. The following is what was developed.

Guidelines 84

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Harvard Business

APRIL 30, 2018

energy, enthusiasm, and focus), much of the popular narrative has focused on organizational factors such as job design, leadership, or culture. The first type is commonly known as time-management planning, which involves making to-do lists, prioritizing and scheduling tasks, and ultimately managing one’s time.

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Research Time Management Energy Productivity 41

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2023

Studies show that socializing, despite feeling like a daunting task, can be effective in combating mental fatigue by energizing us. Increased energy improves performance and therefore proves socializing to be even more beneficial than the head down work one might prioritize over fostering those connections with colleagues.

Energy 69

Energy How To Study Meeting 69

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. 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

DECEMBER 14, 2016

So much depends upon managers. For example, a Gallup study found that at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores is driven by who the boss is. This is disconcerting because the same research found that about 70% of people in management roles are not well equipped for the job. The results were illuminating.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

A new study of over 2,000 American office workers found that over 70% experienced some form of unclear communication from their colleagues. In the absence of guidelines, the organization had evolved into an always-on culture with communication taking place 24/7 – and across multiple platforms. The following is what was developed.

Guidelines 52

Guidelines Tools Meeting Leadership 52

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

” Rampant cc’ing leads workers and managers to squander precious time sorting through unnecessary messages. My collaborators and I conducted a series of six studies (a combination of experiments and surveys) to see how cc’ing influences organizational trust.

Culture 51

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2018

They talk through how to advance in your job when you’re not in the building, deal with a problematic colleague you never see, and manage teams in other offices. ” HBR: A First-Time Manager’s Guide to Leading Virtual Teams by Mark Mortensen — “First things first: don’t panic.

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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. For example, in one of our studies we had participants work on a task for two rounds.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Unfortunately, research shows 82% of managers fail and are poor coaches. Consequently read, study, and apply the comprehensive concepts described here. Effective coaching requires a distinct set of skills that managers often lack. Effective coaching requires a distinct set of skills that managers often lack.

Training 86

Training Training Leadership Development 86

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For the first time in my young career, I was going to lots of meetings, and my job had become as much about convincing, cajoling, and coordinating as it was about designing. My manager told me about a team that was working on the Google Help Forum. We were product managers, designers, and leaders. Expectations.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

Here’s the good news: Americans, as a whole, are finally starting to earn more and take more paid time off. According to a study by Project: Time Off, American workers took an average of 16.8 That’s the biggest jump since vacation usage started declining in 2000, the study found. vacation days in 2016, up 0.6

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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. According to the most recent study by the U.S. This back-to-work email dread is very powerful. Being better at our jobs means being better at vacation.

How To 28

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s a common complaint among top executives: “I’m spending all my time managing trivial and tactical problems, and I don’t have time to get to the big-picture stuff.” Nearly all leaders (96%) claimed they lacked time for strategic thinking, again, because they were too busy putting out fires.

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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. As with anything that matters in the workplace, the key to vacation compliance is to measure it and manage it. So if vacation has such a good ROI, why are people taking less and less of it? Don’t ignore it.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2018

In our study on flexibility in the modern workforce, we set out to determine whether a gap exists between flexibility supply and demand. In an economy where productivity is stagnant across the board , largely owing to a culture of overwork, flexibility is a key disruptor for improving productivity. These included: Retention.

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Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2016

Begin by saying something like, “We are seriously considering Mary to be a project manager here. For instance, “Nancy doesn’t have a lot of experience managing people”—how do you think she’ll do as a supervisor? Case Study #1: Solicit feedback from team members to focus your questions.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. These advances will have also significantly increased the workload of more senior managers, keeping them working around the clock.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

So be sure you’re in good standing with your manager before making the request. ” Consider what will worry your manager, and then think of ways to preempt those concerns. “Your manager needs for other people to not see your schedule as a four-day week.” Give your boss time. Every other Friday?

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

And yet in my work with clients, I often discover old ideas about time management that don’t take this new reality into account. Is it common at your company for email to be used for urgent and time-sensitive communications? Four mistakes in particular come up again and again. Outdoor seating or work areas. Glass walls.

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