Finishing Megaprojects on Time and within Budget
AOM
MAY 1, 2023
Suzi McAlpine
MAY 2, 2023
Most teams know when a conversation in the group may be heading into difficult territory, coming unstuck or going skewwhiff. Interpersonal tension might be rising. Someone’s body language or facial expression shows they’re frustrated. The person who’s usually vocal goes quiet. Or perhaps you all start talking over each other. You’ve become oppositional and people… The post Learning to pause when things go sideways: a guide for tense conversations in teams first appeared on Suzi McAlpine |
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Tanveer Nasser
MAY 3, 2023
If you were to ask a random group of leaders if they’d heard of executive presence, almost all of them would answer yes. But if you asked that same group of leaders how many could clearly describe what executive presence is, few if any would answer this question in the. Click to continue reading If you were to ask a random group of leaders if they’d heard of executive presence, almost all of them would answer yes.
Forbes Leadership
MAY 5, 2023
One day in the future the smartphone will be replaced. What could that look like? How could that happen? There is a future ahead of us that includes different access points other than our cell phones and that future will impact all of us and most of the business world as well.
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!
Get Lighthouse
MAY 3, 2023
How can you tell if a company's culture is on a good track or not? If you care about culture, how do you know if you should join a company, or invest in them? Today we give you 7 key questions to ask a CEO in an interview that tell you a lot about the culture, and if you're an executive leader, how you can improve your culture. "Do you have good, leading indicators of culture?
OrgDev Digest brings together the best content for management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Forbes Leadership
MAY 4, 2023
As mental health problems among the U.S. workforce continue to climb, it's incumbent upon all workers to have a personal plan to mitigate stress. Here are five tips to get you started on your individualized plan.
AIHR
MAY 1, 2023
Every year on May 20, we celebrate International HR Day. This is the time for us to shine the spotlight on the valuable and irreplaceable role that you, as an HR professional, play in helping your organization succeed. Let’s look at what International HR Day truly means, why it’s important, and what you can do to celebrate this day — including how to further develop your HR career and improve your well-being to become your best HR self!
Thought Leaders LLC
MAY 3, 2023
Learn why modeling accountability is essential for leaders, and how it can strengthen team culture by creating a transparent and supportive environment. As a leader, you need to model the behaviors that you want from your team members. People watch a leader’s every move. Setting that example is a critical element of modeling accountability and creating the right culture on your team.
Lolly Daskal
MAY 1, 2023
As a leader, one of the most challenging situations you may face is employee turnover. Losing valued team members can disrupt your team’s productivity and morale. Finding and training replacements can be time-consuming and costly. However, by taking proactive steps, you can minimize employee turnover and create a positive work environment that keeps your best employees around.
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.
Forbes Leadership
MAY 4, 2023
Eric and Wendy Schmidt have announced the Schmidt Science Fellows for 2023. This year’s cohort of 32 Fellows are all recent PhD’s who’ve been identified as some of the most outstanding early-career scientists in the world.
Vantage Circle
MAY 2, 2023
Picture a workplace where the talent you need is already at your fingertips. No need to scour resumes or sit through endless interviews; you can find your next star employee by simply looking around. That's the beauty of quiet hiring - promoting from within the organization instead of hiring from outside. By tapping into the existing talent pool , employers can nurture and grow their employees' skills, build loyalty and engagement, and foster a strong sense of community within the work
Association Now Leadership
APRIL 30, 2023
A new study suggests that executives, overwhelmed by information, are scared to make decisions. One step toward a solution: Don’t confuse metrics with strategy. Can a robot do a CEO’s job better than a human being? In 2023, it’s a question you can actually ask with a straight face. One reason for that is all the chatter about AI. Another reason is that CEOs seem to be asking the question of themselves.
Lolly Daskal
MAY 5, 2023
As a leadership coach, I often hear from leaders that they wish they had more support and engagement. While there are many factors that contribute to a leader’s ability to inspire and influence others, there are also small behaviors that can make a big difference in how people perceive and respond to you as a leader. If you want to be a leader that people are naturally drawn to, consider embracing the following behaviors: Embody character: As a leader, when you embody character traits such
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.
Forbes Leadership
MAY 1, 2023
It must become accepted that victims of domestic violence have suffered a trauma and/or are suffering from PTSD. It must become acceptable that their stories will be fragmented, that their affect may be inappropriate because they are shielding themselves from being re-traumatized.
Chief Executive
MAY 5, 2023
Succession management is a crucial aspect of business continuity planning for talent. Despite 90% of HR leaders acknowledging its potential as a competitive advantage, only 32% believe it to be the case for their own business. To make succession management effective, HR leaders need to avoid common pitfalls and follow guiding principles that prioritize a future-focused approach.
Rhythm Systems Growth
MAY 3, 2023
Think back to the fall when most of you created your plans and goals for the year. There was so much uncertainty about whether the economy was going into a recession, would the supply chain improve, or would world and social events impact your business.
Lolly Daskal
MAY 4, 2023
As a leader, it’s inevitable that you will be called upon to have difficult conversations. Whether it’s addressing a performance issue, dealing with conflict, or having a tough conversation with a team member, these types of conversations can be challenging and uncomfortable. However, by following a few key strategies, you can make difficult conversations easier and less daunting: Be clear on the intent : Before you even start the conversation, it’s important to be clear on you
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
Forbes Leadership
MAY 3, 2023
When leaders don't prioritize self-care to maintain mental, emotional, and physical well-being, they are disadvantaged in their abilities to build relationships, make decisions, and manage stress. Investing in self-care gives leaders the energy and mindset to care for those they lead.
Chief Executive
MAY 4, 2023
Layoffs, a hawkish Fed, stubborn inflation and the incessant talk of a recession would have anyone thinking times are bad for business. But just-released data from Chief Executive ’s 2023 edition of the annual Financial Benchmarks Report for U.S. Companies shows three-quarters of companies reported a positive annual net revenue growth rate in 2022, with 42% reporting an increase of at least 10% from prior year.
Chief Outsiders
MAY 1, 2023
Not one of you reading this blog would disagree: We live in a world of information overload. At your company, data likely streams in by the petabyte – sales figures, consumer habits, competitive information, big picture, small picture, and so forth.
UVA Darden
MAY 5, 2023
A Quick Guide for Allies After a Mega-Threat burtonc Fri, 05/05/2023 - 13:30 4 May 2023 Business, Ethics & Society Leadership & Management Leveraging Difference Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mega-threats — violent events that target marginalized identity groups and garner significant media coverage — occur too often. These events arise from racism, bias and systemic oppression.
Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion
In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha
Forbes Leadership
MAY 3, 2023
The “Nation’s Report Card” is out with new results on what our eighth-graders know about U.S. history and civics, and the results are grim.
Chief Executive
MAY 4, 2023
If you’ve endured countless presentations over the years where speakers share slide after slide—with no interaction from participants—we have a great exercise for you to try. It is positive, simple, focused and fast. It breaks up the pattern of one-way communication. Participants love it. They get up and move around. They learn a lot about themselves and their colleagues.
Thought Leaders LLC
MAY 1, 2023
By talking through our day-to-day concerns, we can uncover the mechanisms at work behind our thoughts, actions, and patterns. When we gain internal clarity, the weather has a way of clearing up. Today’s guest post is by Rachel Rider, author of Who You Are is How You Lead (CLICK HERE to get your copy). “Rachel, I don’t even know where to begin.
Association Now Workplace
MAY 3, 2023
Although talking to your supervisor about burnout can be difficult even in the best-case scenarios, coming to the table with a good sense of how you’re feeling, what you need, and a concrete plan of action can help ease the nerves. Burnout can be a difficult topic for employees to bring up in the workplace for several reasons. First, there’s still a stigma around asking for help at work, whether that’s needing additional support on a project taking a mental health day.
Forbes Leadership
APRIL 30, 2023
If you experience conflict in the workplace, you’re not alone: As many as 85% of employees experience some kind of conflict. Here are some ways to put healthy conflict resolution into practice.
Chief Executive
MAY 1, 2023
Chief Executive magazine today announced that Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, has been named 2023 Chief Executive of the Year by his peer CEOs. Bastian was selected by an independent committee for his work leading the remarkable transformation of one of America’s most critical companies during an era of unprecedented crisis and volatility in his industry.
Vantage Circle
MAY 3, 2023
As the world of work becomes more automated and AI-powered than ever, it's important to ensure your employees haven't been left behind like yesterday's news. That's why it's crucial to build a future-proof workforce that can adapt to new technologies and changing market demands. But building a future-proof workforce is not easy, especially with the ever-changing business landscape.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 1, 2023
A recent analysis of more than 500 employees across 12 organizations found that actual strategic alignment was two to three times lower than perceived alignment.
Forbes Leadership
APRIL 29, 2023
Banning Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender lawmaker in the Montana legislature who was elected with more than 80% of the vote, from participating in debates on the House floor for the remainder of the 2023 legislative session goes against democracy.
Chief Executive
MAY 5, 2023
Modern work life is complex, so it can be challenging to work with people or to lead them, for many reasons. If we are honest, we all know the most challenging situations for both leaders and talent don’t occur when they have to do a task related to their area of expertise. Rather, the toughest challenges involve leadership or collaboration between people.
Let's personalize your content