LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Predictability and Flexibility : What Working Parents Need from Their Managers
Brief Managers should focus on "predictability and flexibility" for their employees, especially parents, that preserves deadlines and other structures but acknowledges that sometimes life gets in the way, write Ellen Ernst Kossek, Kelly Schwind Wilson and Lindsay...
Career Strategy: 5 Strategies for Reinventing Your Career in Uncertain Times
Brief It is possible to move your career in a different direction during uncertainty if you are willing to consider a range of options. Strategically plan for setbacks, but don't fail to envision positive outcomes as well. Insight During times of uncertainty,...
Organizing Your Workspace: 9 Ways to Declutter Your Office and Improve Workflow
Brief A messy desk can hamper your productivity, writes Naphtali Hoff, who recommends purging old documents, creating a new organizing system and putting things away at the end of the day. "Our external order creates internal sense of orderliness and allows us to do...
The Two Worlds of Management and Leadership “Speak”
Brief The idea of managing focuses on how processes and systems affect the bottom line, while "leadership speak" seeks to coach and empower employees, argues Peter Arthur-Smith. "During these difficult COVID-19 times, it is very clear that those with a management...
5 Key to navigate: How can Office Politics work for You Instead of Agains
Brief Office politics is an unavoidable part of life, and people who recognize this, are keen observers and build alliances are better positioned to succeed without having to play dirty, writes James daSilva. When you build relationships, you'll benefit from...
Effective Teamwork: How to Work Effectively with Your Team About Their Development
Brief Team development is always a priority, even for newly promoted managers who are distracted by their new responsibilities, writes Liz Kislik. Some employees will require frequent check-ins, and everyone benefits from development of "a structure that ensures...
Making better Decisions: 4 hacks to reduce decision fatigue
Brief Decision-making can drain our mental and physical energy, but you can reduce this stress by being honest about how you're feeling, getting comfortable with discomfort and declaring the results and emotions you want to create, writes Marlene Chism. "There's a...
4 Principles: How to Develop a Leadership Mindset for Uncertain Times
Brief Leadership can become "a way of being" when you practice self-reflection, make work safe for your team and transform challenges into opportunities, says Kellogg School of Management professor Michelle Buck. "Resist the temptation to think that there's only one...
Take Your Teams to the Next Level: Unleash their Untapped Potential
Do your high-performing teams have overlooked leaders in their midst? It’s not uncommon for the best groups in our organization to contain a number of hidden leaders, just waiting to be discovered.Why? Because hidden leaders are quietly working behind the scenes to...