Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Many leaders want to be allies for underrepresented groups, but fear their attempts will be awkward or offensive. New research suggests these fears are often unfounded, with acts of allyship generally being appreciated more than anticipated. Organizations can help by educating potential allies on how their efforts are received and by creating a culture where open communication and support are encouraged.

Education 122

Education Diversity Inclusion 122

UVA Darden

MARCH 13, 2024

Decision by Committee? Ask for a Show of Hands burtonc Wed, 03/13/2024 - 12:13 12 March 2024 Leadership & Management Operations & Technology Modern Global Leadership Business & Public Policy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Aine Doris The benefits of diversity in decision-making are well-documented. Having different perspectives and expertise on complex issues produces better outcomes.

Diversity 119

Diversity Administration Business Administration Operations 119

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Few companies succeed in growing at a sustainable rate over time. The reason is that leaders give in to the temptation to grow in ways that overlook the customer or they grow more quickly than their organizational capabilities allow. But the leaders of a handful of companies, including Costco and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, never forget that businesses are complex systems whose elements are interconnected.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 13, 2024

Painful experiences are unavoidable. You might be going through the fire right now. This post offers 5 ways to gain advantage from painful experiences. It's not easy, but you've done it before. You can do it again. What can you add to the list I offer?

Leadership Development 107

Leadership Development 107

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

Benefits

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Researchers recently reviewed 69 articles focused on the management implications of the Covid-19 pandemic that were published between March 2020 and July 2023 in top journals in management and applied psychology. The review highlights the numerous ways in which employees, teams, leaders, organizations, and societies were impacted and offers lessons for managing through future pandemics or other events of mass disruption.

Change Management 113

Change Management Manager 113

Alison Green

MARCH 13, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m watching my country’s Big Brother, and I’ve noticed the employment ranges of the contestants tend to be either “gig economy” (bartender, delivery) which, to not denigrate how important those positions are, is less likely to come with the psychological attachment to the job as someone who’s worked up their career ladder for ten years; self-employed/contracted and can deci

Travel 93

Travel Manager 93

Alison Green

MARCH 13, 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. Is it patronizing to say I’m proud of my team? I’m a manager of a small team of 10 and recently they had a very visible win for the larger company. At a department meeting, I said I was very proud to be their manager and that they all did an exceptional job.

Nonprofit 86

Nonprofit Small Business Government Marketing 86

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

If you’re a leader, you need to know how to influence people.

Engineering 97

Engineering Education 97

Alison Green

MARCH 13, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My company is issuing new work-from-home standards because we should have the hang of it by now (previous updates: 1 , 2 , 3 ) I have a happy update for you! I ended up needing to pause my job hunt as I ended up having surgery and being out on medical leave for 3 months, and when I got back, the long-time operations manager (who was the right-hand person to the COO) had left f

Operations 77

Operations Recruitment Manager Administration 77

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Why and how you fail is more important than success.

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Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.

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BetterUp

MARCH 13, 2024

Jump to section Career and fulfillment: how does your job impact your well-being?

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AIHR

MARCH 13, 2024

Vacation request forms are the simplest way for employees to request leave under an organization’s vacation and leave policy. HR can design and implement vacation request forms that are fair, transparent, and support employees taking their vacation days — proven to increase productivity, employee engagement and the operational effectiveness of businesses.

Compliance 83

Compliance Human Resources Staffing Implementation 83

Alison Green

MARCH 13, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m in a rough spot at work. When I started nearly two years ago, this was a six-person company: two owners and four staff. One staff member, who split a workload with me, moved away a few months later. They posted his position immediately, but nobody from the first wave of applicants worked out, things got hectic, and by the time the dust settled I had been handling the full workload for so long that th

Staffing 83

Staffing Retention Operations Compensation 83

Lolly Daskal

MARCH 13, 2024

The world of work is undergoing a profound transformation, a metamorphosis fueled by technological innovations and shifting societal norms. These forces are not mere trends but fundamental shifts that will redefine how we perceive and engage with work, both as individuals and as a society. Our journey through these important forces will make a big difference.

Employee Engagement 115

Employee Engagement Leadership Development Manager 115

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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