LSA Global

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We know from our leadership simulation assessment data that resource constraints can be a significant obstacle to unlocking the power of strategic prioritization at work and achieving your strategic objectives. High performing teams review goals and accountabilities , set clear priorities, and feel confident about managing their workload.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. Similarly, we helped to establish guidelines on who to include on emails, and how to use reply all. A critical piece of this work was gaining the buy-in of leadership to follow the established guidelines.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 4, 2022

What if I told you that your greatest leadership challenge isn't what you think it is? As we began to work together, it became clear they didn't have the time management challenge they initially believed. There is no shortage of challenges and stress in leadership. Let's take a closer look at why and how.

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The Management Centre

JANUARY 26, 2023

And whilst we spend almost all of our time delivering training, we wholeheartedly believe in learning lots of things in lots of different ways. In this blog we take a look at how to learn from reading, and have book recommendations for you. There are thousands of management and leadership books, on all kinds of topics.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. Similarly, we helped to establish guidelines on who to include on emails, and how to use reply all. A critical piece of this work was gaining the buy-in of leadership to follow the established guidelines.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

On-boarding, for example, is usually a one-off session in which reps are expected to absorb large amounts of information in a limited amount of time. They must learn how other functions affect, and are affected by, selling activities: for example, product management, marketing, pre-sale application support, and post-sale service.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. The team decides how to solve problems.

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2021

It is estimated that decision making can take up to 70% of a manager’s time. Managers need to gain better decision making capabilities. Understandably, many managers would like to offload some decisions but, unless they do it right, results and relationships may suffer. How to Empower Employees to Make Better Decisions?

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Comatch

MAY 26, 2023

In the expectation that we will soon be competing with machines, it seems worthwhile to train our “soft skill muscles.” – Anna Julius Even though we know the importance of this skillset, many people don’t know how to develop or improve their soft skills. Empathy is currently on the rise as the most important leadership skill.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 12, 2018

How To Be a Good New Manager. Being a good new manager does not depend upon magic. While it is true that the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage others is not intuitive, those leadership attributes can be learned. Targeted to the critical few management scenarios and skills that matter most.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

International Coach Federation (ICF) Research: The ICF conducts extensive research on coaching, and their studies have found that 70% of individuals who received coaching reported improved work performance, communication skills, and productivity. It also highlighted that coaching is highly effective in developing leadership skills.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

The true cost to business can be far greater, thanks to low productivity across organizations, high turnover, and the loss of the most capable talent. 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.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. Here are some thoughts on how to stay focused at work: Build periods of solitude into your schedule. Analyze where your time is best spent. ” Don’t be too busy to learn how to be less busy. You and Your Team Series. Staying Focused.

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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.” This suggests that the problem of too little strategic leadership may be as much a function of doing as of thinking.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We hear about agile teams, in the form of product or feature teams. However, too many managers still work independently. That’s a problem when the teams have organizational problems a single manager can’t solve. Instead of managers working alone, what if we had teams of managers? We have senior leadership teams.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

I was participating in so many that I barely had time to prep, let alone tackle the to-do lists I was taking away. How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting. You and Your Team Series. The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track. Roger Schwarz. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting? Elizabeth Grace Saunders.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Sociologist Paula England has called this phenomenon an “uneven and stalled” gender revolution , and there have been dozens of studies showing how the progress in gender equality experienced during and immediately after the feminist movement of the 1970s has not been sustained through the 1990s and 2000s. And if so, how?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2018

When I worked as Director of Leadership Development at Walmart, my days were full of meetings. How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting. Now when I get home after work, I soak in time with my wife and two little boys. I realized that what I needed was a practical way to get more work done without taking more time.

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