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

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

AUGUST 16, 2018

According to Harvard research, it is estimated that the cost to American businesses of employee burnout is up to $190 billion per year – not to mention the toll it takes on individuals and their families in terms of their physical and psychological wellbeing. You’re not at all alone.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

” Rampant cc’ing leads workers and managers to squander precious time sorting through unnecessary messages. My research shows it can have another cost: reduced trust. She’s going to think I can’t handle clients on my own!” This is ironic, because some people, like Ali, do it in good faith.

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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

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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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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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

MAY 4, 2018

Yet, more time doesn’t necessarily translate into better quality work. In fact, spending more time at work and on specific tasks can actually hurt our performance, reducing the quality of our work. Research has shown that when weekly hours worked exceed 50 or 55 hours, cognitive performance (e.g.,

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Unfortunately, research shows 82% of managers fail and are poor coaches. Research on the Bottom-line Payoff of Moving from a Good to Great Coach Research on the bottom-line payoff of coaching has demonstrated its significant benefits for individuals, teams, and organizations. About 38% of quitters leave in about a year.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

Vacation actually has similar positive biological effects as meditation, including a decrease in stress and a boost to our immune functions, according to a study from researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; the University of California, San Francisco; and Harvard Medical School.

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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. And yet researchers have found that people who take time off are more likely to get a raise or promotion. The top reason given?

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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

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 to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. Rebecca Knight.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

So much depends upon managers. This is disconcerting because the same research found that about 70% of people in management roles are not well equipped for the job. Employees who already have larger networks than their manager may simply see little value in the relationship and feel unnecessarily constrained by the hierarchy.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Its story of a bibliomaniac who unearths an ancient poem, cracking opening the cultural door to the Renaissance, has inspired me with a creative way to write about a risk capital project that’s due later this week. Right now I’m halfway through The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , by Stephen Greenblatt.

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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

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. Mark Mortensen Heidi K. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Social media can connect us to new ideas, help us share our work, and allow previously unheard voices to influence culture. Yet it can also be a highly addictive time-sink if we’re not careful about our goals , purpose , and usage. By far, the worst time was late evening, after dinner, when my brain felt like complete mush.

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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? Although the research is conflicting, it’s still useful.

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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 21, 2017

You block time on your calendar for a yoga class, lunch with a friend, or even a tech Shabbat. Recent research from Boston University and Harvard Business School faculty shows that with the unrelenting pace and volume of work , setting and keeping boundaries has never been more challenging — or more important.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

More responsibility at work in our 40s is probably the reason we travel more and also have lower life satisfaction at that time. But the travel itself isn’t causing the unhappiness—previous research shows that most people want to and like to travel for business as long it doesn’t reach more than one trip per month.

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