Peter Winick

MARCH 28, 2024

They believed there needed to be an easier way, so they went about and solved the problem. So, my question for you is: What are the things that you might need a little bit of help with that align with the needs of your clients, with the needs of your prospects, that you’re just curious about? Love to hear what you think.

Marketing 130

Marketing 130

Alison Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This post, HR won’t do anything about a coworker who’s angry about my weight loss , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I ended up having an 18-pound benign tumor pressing on my vital organs and I was about a week away from multiple organ failure. I was rushed into surgery within 24 hours.

Energy 138

Energy Manager 138

Alison Green

APRIL 8, 2024

I’d like to do more of that professionally, but I’m not sure how to talk about it in interviews or put it on a resume. The subject matter is likely to make people uncomfortable, and for a lot of people it’ll raise questions about your judgment in using the experience at all. What are your suggestions? Yeah, that’s tough.

Education 121

Education Manager 121

Alison Green

APRIL 23, 2024

Remember the letter-writer asking whether there was anything they could do about their nightmare workload ? I wrote in about getting through a staffing crisis after both my coworkers quit right when one of my company’s two owners went on maternity leave. You may also like: there's nothing I can do about my nightmare workload.

Staffing 78

Staffing Retention Manager 78

Alison Green

APRIL 23, 2024

For example, my doctors want me to have surgery that I know would vastly improve my quality of life, but I feel so guilty about taking time off I’ve put it off for over a year. And I definitely hear folks complain about people who take too much time off (and those people are always first on the list for layoffs!).

Staffing 86

Staffing Compensation Travel Manager 86

Alison Green

MARCH 26, 2024

In the past few months, I’ve heard detailed play-by-plays of potty training (including details like the texture of a toddler’s poop), frank conversations about postpartum depression, and details I as a gay man never thought I’d learn about the birthing process. Oh, this is tricky.

Staffing 102

Staffing Government Manager 102

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Research suggests that generalized fears about hiring people with a criminal history — such as fear they’ll commit another crime — are tough to square with the facts. An expansion of what’s often called “second-chance” or “fair-chance” hiring could drive a triple win for the U.S.

Human Resources 123

Human Resources Recruitment Diversity Inclusion 123

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s not uncommon for managers to continue thinking about their job, even after the official workday is over. This may involve ruminating about an issue with an employee, trying to think of a solution to a client problem, or creating a mental to-do list for the next day.

Manager 139

Manager Leadership Development 139

Lolly Daskal

MARCH 7, 2024

Your employees may be curious about how AI will affect their roles and responsibilities. What About Data Privacy and Security? Your team members may feel uncertain about employing unfamiliar AI tools. Your employees might express concerns about leadership’s ability to navigate an AI-augmented environment.

Compliance 108

Compliance Operations Benefits Manager 108

Alison Green

APRIL 10, 2024

One problem is my younger sister, Amanda, overshares about breaks and sick time in the primary team communication channel. Oversharing about her dog, doctors, and symptoms happens nearly every day. I’m concerned about the impact on company culture and morale. Can you provide some guidance about how to approach this conversation?

Manager 89

Manager Operations 89

Michael McKinney

MARCH 8, 2024

What ideas do you hold about society at a deeper level? In what way do the decisions you make — or the ones you avoid making — trigger consequences on a broader level (interdepartmental or across the organization)? In what way does this play into your behavior as a leader?

Human Resources 92

Human Resources Operations Metrics Scaling 92

Alison Green

MARCH 7, 2024

Andy has made big announcements about projects they want to work on, and they have been tasked with updating documents, but has not updated any of the documents they say they will update nor produced any concrete results from any of the projects they say they will work on. about things.) Andy gets very excited!

Nonprofit 81

Nonprofit Manager Energy 81

Ed Batista

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It's not my place to determine our agenda--that's the client's job--but it's not uncommon for people to want to talk about something while also feeling ambivalent about raising the topic. Or they may conclude that this isn't the kind of relationship, or the kind of company, where we talk about such things.

Accounts 89

Accounts Manager Benefits 89

Alison Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A reader writes: I got a job offer last week that I’m really excited about, especially because I was let go in mid-January and it’s been stressful to job hunt. And I feel terrible about it.) Is this something everyone does (which is what my friends have told me) or is it actually a big deal to lie about this? But, still.

Recruitment 69

Recruitment Advertising Manager 69

Growth Hacker

MARCH 7, 2023

What's innovation or growth all about? While much has been written about Amazon or Booking.com, very few people know about Haier. You can read more about how they unlocked enterprise value through experimentation and bias avoidance here. Growth is not about post-its, it's about results!

KPI 83

KPI Revenue Scaling Metrics 83

Niagara Institute

JUNE 27, 2023

Yet, in some organizations, poor management goes unchecked, leading to some devastating consequences outlined in these 15 scary statistics about the results of bad management in the workplace. A Direct manager significantly affects an employee’s quality of work, well-being, attitude, engagement, and growth.

Manager 103

Manager 103

Lolly Daskal

MARCH 1, 2024

It’s time for all leaders to recognize the game-changing insights about AI that can shape the future of their businesses. The latest research revealed that 33% of these leaders have yet to formally integrate or test AI in their organizations. Technology is Advancing at Breakneck Speed: Technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace.

Operations 101

Operations Manager Employee Engagement Leadership Development 101

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Here, the authors offer a primer for leaders to learn about the carbon credit market. However, the voluntary carbon market has the potential to drive billions of dollars over the coming decade into climate solutions. What’s the best way to participate in the market?

Marketing 110

Marketing Benefits 110

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Additionally, CEOs need to be vigilant about often overlooked expenses, including infrastructure overhaul, data security, and ethical considerations. Integrating cost control into decision-making processes, utilizing comprehensive monitoring dashboards, and empowering teams through strategic talent management are indispensable strategies.

Engineering 131

Engineering Operations Manager 131

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2024

One would think that if you run a traditional consumer business that can’t compete on costs with more efficient competitors, you would want to avoid them like the plague.

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122

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The conversation focused on career transitions, which she believes have a far better chance of working out when people are strategic about them. She was a faculty member at Harvard Business School and INSEAD before taking on her current role, as a professor of organizational behavior at LBS.

Recruitment 116

Recruitment Inclusion Manager 116

Alison Green

MARCH 21, 2024

We got a complaint call about a new hire before she started Thanks so much for the reassurance that we’ve done our due diligence on the ED hire. Can I do anything about a senior-level colleague who doesn’t do any work? Andy told Jane that I was not to make any more updates in our system unless Andy knows about them first.

Manager 98

Manager 98

Alison Green

APRIL 9, 2024

My company won’t do anything about our horrible coworker I have a very problematic coworker, Alex, but everyone, including HR, seem to be unable to fire them. Should I as a subordinate bring up my concern about Alex’s attack on our department head? Or are others being weird about my food habits? Here we go… 1. You don’t!

Travel 104

Travel Manager Transportation Staffing 104

Ed Batista

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A theme in my practice in recent years is the leader who's aware that a number of their employees have strong feelings about a divisive topic, often a pressing social or political issue. This will require people to make disclosures, to explain the world as they see it, and to talk about their feelings. The goal is empathy.

Compliance 87

Compliance Government Energy Manager 87

Kotter Inc.

MARCH 18, 2024

The post Leadership priorities for 2024: It’s all about change appeared first on Kotter International Inc.

Leadership Development 86

Leadership Development 86

Association Now Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For instance, while concerns about technology are evergreen, respondents called out emerging tools like artificial intelligence and augmented reality as key issues at the moment. Lastly, association executives voiced concerns about the current legislative environment.

Digital Transformation 111

Digital Transformation Travel Government Operations 111

Alison Green

MARCH 13, 2024

The remaining owner means well and panics at any sign of me being unhappy, but I can’t think of anything they can do to meaningfully improve my situation that wouldn’t involve them going back in time and making better decisions about staffing, compensation, cross-training, and documentation. Think about how you might use it.

Staffing 83

Staffing Retention Operations Compensation 83

Kellogg Insight

MARCH 25, 2024

It is possible both to maximize the benefits of immigration and still maintain border security and support workers in sectors that immigrants may enter.

Benefits 83

Benefits 83

Alison Green

MARCH 18, 2024

He’s very worried about the language part. The university seems to not be worried about the finer details, but we need details so we understand every aspect of the job (cost of living, benefits, relocation, salary expectations, support) and can make an informed decision. He is expecting to start his career as a professor.

Manager 99

Manager Assets Benefits 99

Chief Executive

MARCH 17, 2023

Contrary to what many believe, leading with empathy is not about hand-holding or making excuses. Leading with empathy is about understanding others and then strategically leveraging that understanding to make progress. When you start with understanding, you might begin to care about the person’s plight. It is the opposite.

Benefits 98

Benefits Manager 98

Alison Green

APRIL 4, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Let’s talk parking wars! Has a war over parking divided your workplace? Did HR steal your coveted parking space ? Did a client hit your parked car and then zoom off? Is a parking shortage forcing you to park a mile away ?

Implementation 78

Implementation Manager 78

Alison Green

APRIL 2, 2024

My coworker won’t stop talking about how young I am I’m 27 and working at an international nonprofit (very touchy-feely) that’s fully remote. I normally try to keep pretty strong boundaries at work and don’t share much about myself, so no one knew how old I was or much about my personal life. Here we go… 1.

Manager 99

Manager Nonprofit Benefits 99

Forbes Leadership

APRIL 11, 2023

What lessons can the sector teach us about how burnout happens and how it can be tackled? The problem of burnout in healthcare has a long history, but the issue came to the fore during the Covid pandemic.

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102

Forbes Leadership

MARCH 20, 2023

Most of us think about implicit bias once a year during our annual HR training, but stopping microaggressions takes more than that. Because microaggressive statements are so deeply ingrained in our culture, we need to actively seek to untangle them from our everyday conversation.

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93

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2023

Although remote and hybrid work have been widespread for several years now, debates about the benefits and perils of these more flexible ways of working continue. A key reason is differing perspectives on how to prioritize necessary trade-offs.

Benefits 94

Benefits 94

BetterUp

JULY 14, 2023

When to give an elevator pitch about yourself How to write an elevator pitch about yourself: 5 steps How to deliver an elevator pitch about yourself Pitch with confidence Jump to section Why write an elevator pitch?

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