Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Learning to navigate conflicts is not really a choice in today’s organizations. It’s an imperative. In this article, the author explains what conflict resolution is, why it’s an essential skill, and how to approach the conflict-resolution process. She offers four steps: 1) Try to see the situation from the other person’s point of view; 2) Pinpoint what the conflict is really about; 3) Think about your primary goal; and 4) Decide how to proceed.

Manager 125

Manager 125

Peter Winick

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Why Simplicity and Storytelling Matter More Than Ever Joanne Tombrakos shares how pitching is more about persuasion than selling, emphasizing the importance of grabbing attention quickly and building trust through storytelling. She explains why simplifying your message and delivering value fast are key to winning your audience. What does it take to grab your audience’s attention in the first few seconds?

Sales 259

Sales Sales Marketing Advertising 259

Thought Leaders LLC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Today’s guest post is by Kelly Gregorio of Advantage Capital Funds. As the leader of your team, it is your job to forge ahead. When the horizon feels miles away, your team will turn to you expecting enough support to keep them going. However, people (including you) can take for granted that the person in the management position is still human with their own doubts, stressors and anxiety.

Manager 130

Manager 130

Lolly Daskal

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Office politics can be a major source of stress and frustration. It can decrease productivity, lower morale, and increase turnover rates. As an executive leadership coach, I have seen the negative impact of office politics on company culture. Completely eliminating office politics may be impossible. However, I have found that strategies can help minimize its effects.

Leadership Development 122

Leadership Development Manager 122

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

Benefits

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It’s easy to get angry when you’re constantly picking up the slack or fixing mistakes caused by a rule-breaker. You might feel like you’re always cleaning up their messes, correcting their work, or filling in gaps they’ve left. The unfairness of it all can also get under your skin and cause resentment. But you can’t just march up to them and demand they stop ignoring standards.

Manager 129

Manager 129

Peter Winick

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and here’s the idea that I’d like to share with you today, and that’s this: as a thought leader, as an expert, do you know when, in your interactions with potential clients and prospects, you should be confident and when you should be curious?

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Lolly Daskal

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Hiring the right person for the job is one of the most critical decisions a leader can make. It can mean the difference between a high-performing team and a struggling one. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders figure out how to hire the best candidate. By simply asking 6 great questions. The goal is to weed out the best candidate for the job: If you could have any superpower, what would it be and how would you use it in this role?

Travel 117

Travel Employee Engagement Leadership Development Manager 117

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Some high-profile companies have recently issued return to office mandates, which have been met with mixed reactions from employees and the general public. A decade of research suggests a performance-boosting alternative for helping employees build meaningful collaborative networks: corporate offsites. They can be a powerful strategic tool for managers, allowing them to reshape employees’ informal organizational networks to facilitate more sharing of ideas and expertise.

Manager 111

Manager 111

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Sadness is easy. Happiness is about patterns. You don’t choose self-defeating negativity; it finds you. This post explains how to use future-facing emotions to eliminate self-defeating negativity.

Energy 100

Energy Leadership Development 100

Alison Green

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I have ADHD and learning disabilities. I suspect I have autism too. I just got into a new manager position. With the amount of disabilities I have, it’s amazing how far I made it. As I look for advice for succeeding in the workplace as a neurodivergent, all I keep finding is advice to buy noise canceling headphones, fidget toys, and blue lig

Manager 112

Manager 112

Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

Diversity

Lolly Daskal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Visionary leadership is the art of imagining a better future and inspiring others to help make it a reality. It requires a unique combination of creativity, strategic thinking, and the ability to rally people around a common goal. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders cultivate the skills needed to think, create, and plan for the future.

Energy 110

Energy Leadership Development Manager 110

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The core premise of the strategic concept of “proximity” is that, thanks to digital technologies, value is being created closer and closer to the moment of demand — not just in time but also physically closer. This means companies can, in effect, procrastinate and wait until customer demand is present before producing an actual product or service. This trend, which is made possible by technologies ranging from AI to 3D printing to IoT, can help leaders make smart strategic decisions, especially

Strategic Planning 107

Strategic Planning 107

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Performance goals are useful, but learning goals transform. Learning goals emphasize development. Performance goals target achievement. A leader told me he was learning a lot. I asked, “What are you learning?” He couldn’t name anything. You aren't learning if you don't know what you're learning. How to set learning goals.

Leadership Development 101

Leadership Development 101

Alison Green

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Last week, we talked about broken systems that for some reason become sacred and cannot be changed. Here are some of my favorite stories you shared. 1. The bread bags I worked for a publication that had a bread-bag-based content management system. They were these waxy paper bags designed to hold a loaf of bread, and each article for the issue had a bag with all of the relevant collateral.

Real Estate 113

Real Estate Travel Manager Scaling 113

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

Retention

Brett Koehler

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving work environment, the concept of agency—one's ability to make choices and act independently—has never been more crucial. We've all faced days when it feels like our work is dictating our lives rather than the other way around. This is where the idea of agency steps in, offering a refreshing approach to reclaiming our professional lives.

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98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Comparing data from 50 founder CEOs and 58 non-founder CEOs reveals the real differences between “founder mode” and “manager mode.

Manager 115

Manager Organizational Development 115

Michael McKinney

OCTOBER 24, 2024

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Errol Doebler on being in the moment: “Emotions are simply a record of the past. We spend an inordinate amount of time on our negative emotions of the past, and, as such, we’ve become neurochemically addicted to them.

Manager 96

Manager 96

Alison Green

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employee says I’m triggering their unresolved trauma I have a question as to how to manage a direct report who has admitted that they have self esteem issues resulting from unresolved childhood trauma. It is evident in any dealings with them that they struggle with any form of authority being shown — they get upset with a simple question about what have they be

Manager 107

Manager Marketing 107

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

Scaling

AIHR

OCTOBER 24, 2024

There are as many reasons for employee turnover as there are people who leave their jobs. Some may get an alluring offer from the competition, while others become parents or are fed up with their jobs, managers, or co-workers. This article explores some of the most common reasons for employee turnover and ways to prevent it. Let’s get started! Contents What is employee turnover?

Compensation 95

Compensation Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) Human Resources Retention 95

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Stop prioritizing the urgent, the proven, and the easily measured, and focus instead on the long term.

Strategic Planning 131

Strategic Planning 131

BetterUp

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Jump to section What is personality? Theories of personality: how does personality develop? Understanding personality disorders Is it possible to change your personality?

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98

Alison Green

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How can I get out of group photos at work? I work in a department where the staff work remotely most of the time. We do have monthly and quarterly meetings where everyone is required to work on-site and the occasional optional staff party or get-together.

Manager 101

Manager Performance Review Energy Inclusion 101

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

Benefits

AIHR

OCTOBER 25, 2024

While AI use in fields like HR began in the mid-2010s, it has made remarkable strides in recent years, particularly with the growing popularity of Generative AI tools. These tools, a subset of AI, focus on creating new content, data, or information by analyzing patterns in existing data. Despite these advancements, the adoption of AI within HR departments remains slow.

Risk Management 88

Risk Management Manager Compliance Diversity 88

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Five science-backed tools to help managers address the most common DEI challenges.

Manager 132

Manager Diversity Inclusion 132

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Disposition determines decisions. You want to believe you’re open-minded, but your disposition narrows your focus. Disposition shapes perception and predicts responses. Read this post to expand your opportunities to grow and lead.

Leadership Development 89

Leadership Development 89

Alison Green

OCTOBER 20, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Church member at my job wants help raising money for a bad idea I work for a small church, of which I am also a member. Laurel has been a member for many years and works as a freelance bookkeeper. For many years, the church supported her ministry (for the sake of anonymity, let’s say it’s tree planting trips to Chile) through an ongoing support group and individual donations.

Compensation 103

Compensation Travel Administration Manager 103

Speaker: Hanh Nguyen

In today’s ever-changing world, HR professionals often find themselves juggling conflicting priorities - especially when external factors seem out of their control. As we traverse the unpredictable waters of the current political and economic landscape, we find ourselves at a crossroads. For HR leaders, understanding how these external forces shape our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is crucial.

Inclusion

Agile42

OCTOBER 23, 2024

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to coaching. Whether you’re a team lead fostering individual talent or a Scrum Master guiding your team through change, mastering the art of coaching can be challenging. With more experience there come more questions: What can I do to improve? What coaching styles and stances do other coaches follow and what can I learn from it?

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88

Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Disengaged employees are costing the global economy $8.8 trillion annually, according to Gallup. This staggering figure highlights a significant challenge that organizations worldwide face. Employee engagement and well-being are at the center of this problem. Whether it's a LinkedIn post, brainstorming session, or an industry panel discussion, these two terms are trending everywhere.

Employee Engagement 86

Employee Engagement Metrics Retention Implementation 86

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2024

How to articulate and broadcast your vision successfully.

Leadership Development 139

Leadership Development 139

Alison Green

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am a middle manager who works with an employee I’ll call “John.” John does not report to me, but there are scenarios in which I supervise aspects of John’s work and am in a position to give him feedback. John has a lot of experience (he’s been doing his job about as long as I’ve been alive), but at times he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know.

Manager 100

Manager 100

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

Performance Management