Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2024

While much has been said about the potential benefits of remote work for women, recent research examines how working from home affects the professional development of female software engineers at a Fortune 500 company, revealing that its impact varies by career stage. Junior women engineers benefit significantly from in-person mentorship, receiving 40% more feedback when sitting near colleagues, while senior women face reduced productivity due to increased mentoring duties.

Engineering 140

Engineering Compensation Software Benefits 140

Lolly Daskal

JUNE 11, 2024

Retaining top talent is essential for any organization looking to stay ahead in today’s competitive business environment. In my experience as an executive leadership coach, I’ve observed talented individuals losing motivation, a trend that can significantly impact a company’s operational excellence and innovation. Pinpointing the causes behind this slump in enthusiasm is crucial for leaders who aim to foster a productive, engaged, and loyal workforce.

Employee Engagement 125

Employee Engagement Operations Manager Leadership Development 125

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2024

There is a critical need to reassess the focus on continuous growth in the global economic system. The concept of “degrowth” challenges the necessity of perpetual economic expansion for human prosperity, suggesting it contradicts ecological sustainability on a planet with finite resources. Despite some resistance, especially from the business sector, the arguments supporting degrowth underscore the inextricable link between economic growth and environmental degradation, proposing a shift toward

Energy 129

Energy Marketing 129

Alison Green

JUNE 11, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day. Remember the letter-writer whose new manager was someone she slept with years ago … and he didn’t know they have a child together ?

Manager 121

Manager Travel Energy Accounts 121

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

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2024

Being a leader in today’s evolving workplace is more emotionally demanding than ever — and especially so if you’re quietly sustaining the emotional well-being of your team or others. In this article, the author outlines five strategies to help you perform this vital organizational role without burning yourself out: 1) Seek to understand — not to feel. 2) Install boundaries. 3) Savor your positive impact. 4) Show yourself equal care. 5) Tie your contributions to performance.

Performance Management 125

Performance Management Manager 125

AIHR

JUNE 11, 2024

A Betterworks’ Global HR Research Report shows that employees are 10 times more likely to see a path for advancement if they feel the company successfully implements performance enablement. But, even though many organizations recognize the importance of managing employees’ performance and regularly providing feedback, many are still in the dark when it comes to enabling employee performance.

Sales 102

Sales Sales Performance Management Revenue 102

Leadership Freak

JUNE 11, 2024

All leaders have faith in people. Cynics can't lead. They can boss but they can't inspire. Distrustful people can micromanage, but they can’t engage people. You can't trust everyone, but you must trust people to lead. Read about 4 ways to learn to trust people.

Leadership Development 97

Leadership Development 97

Alison Green

JUNE 11, 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 never eats at work I added a new (and wonderful) person to the team I lead about six months ago. We share an open work space. Most folks eat lunch communally, but sometimes people pop out to buy something or go for a walk.

Travel 98

Travel Nonprofit Banking Manager 98

Kellogg Insight

JUNE 11, 2024

“Promotional language is important not just for securing funding but for actually conveying the merits of good ideas.

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Alison Green

JUNE 11, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose boss wanted to hire them out for their “unique talents and skills” that had nothing to do with their jobs ?

Manager 97

Manager 97

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

Vantage Circle

JUNE 11, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business world, retaining millennials has become a top priority for companies across industries. These digital natives have spent their entire lives immersed in technology and globalization. As a result, they have a unique set of skills and mindset that are essential for navigating the world of the 21st century. Millennials have the creativity, agility, and digital knowledge to lead the way in reimagining the traditional business model and driving innovation.

Inclusion 83

Inclusion Diversity Leadership Development Retention 83

Alison Green

JUNE 11, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. There will be more posts than usual this week, so keep checking back throughout the day — there’s still more to come. Remember the letter-writer who was told by HR that they had a moral obligation to tell everyone they’re autistic ?

Manager 90

Manager 90

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2024

A conversation with David Novak about essential habits of successful leaders.

Leadership Development 109

Leadership Development Manager 109

Alison Green

JUNE 11, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. With more people than ever talking openly about their salaries, you might learn at some point that you’re being paid less than a male coworker for doing the same work. Or you might have seen the data on how commonly this happens and want to find out if it’s occurring in your company – and to you.

Manager 81

Manager 81

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

Chief Outsiders

JUNE 11, 2024

It’s one of the most challenging questions you’ll ever have to ask as a business leader – “why isn’t my sales team delivering the results we need?” Putting a microscope on your team sometimes yields some unpleasant truths, but this exercise is critical when revenue numbers are lacking and the sales pipeline is drying up. Changes need to be made. But before addressing the problem, you need to identify the root causes.

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Sales Sales Revenue 62

Stephen Warrilow

JUNE 11, 2024

Don’t you often feel like you are carrying the weight of the world on your back? Our start point is understanding that the ego has a very clear idea of how things ought to be, and its intention and expectation is inextricably linked to circumstance. It has no sense of interconnection and the bigger picture. As a result of this we favour the visible, the embedded, the personal, the narrated, and the tangible; we scorn the abstract.

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Sweet Process

JUNE 11, 2024

Last Updated on June 11, 2024 by Owen McGab Enaohwo Do you need your business operations to be more consistent? Adding a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) makes processes clearer and meet deadlines easier. You can deliver better products to your customers, making them trust your business more. We’ll cover SOP formats, key elements to add, […] The post Creating Custom SOPs: Tailoring Processes to Your Business Needs appeared first on SweetProcess.

Operations 52

Operations 52

Rhythm Systems Growth

JUNE 11, 2024

What Should You Do When You Receive The Gift Of Red? We’ve all been there, it’s a few weeks into our quarter or year and either that project we intended to start is still hanging out there, untouched, or that number we set is so far off track we can’t imagine how to move it. In other words, we’re stuck. In Rhythm-speak, our goal is Red and we need to adjust, fast.

Software 52

Software 52

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

Stephen Warrilow

JUNE 11, 2024

We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the ground. The phrase "preparing the ground" is a metaphor for making the necessary preparations to create the favourable conditions for something to happen or succeed. The business as usual approach tends to focus on tangible things, things you can see, but these basic principles for preparing the ground can also be applied to things you can not see.

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Help Scout Leadership

JUNE 11, 2024

Explore real-world examples and best practices for implementing AI effectively in customer service.

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Implementation 49

Vantage Circle

JUNE 11, 2024

Introduction Recruiting the right talent is crucial for any business but can be particularly challenging for small businesses. Limited resources and time constraints often make the hiring process daunting. Thankfully, recruitment software can significantly ease these challenges by automating recruiting tasks, enhancing hiring efficiency, and enriching candidates' experience.

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Small Business Software Recruitment Workflows 69