Help Scout Leadership

AUGUST 22, 2023

However, support swarming has additional benefits that can help with specific aspects of team management. Tiered support has been the established method of addressing customer questions. In this blog post, we break down the benefits and drawbacks of support swarming vs. tiering. Read the full article

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 6, 2021

He and his team manage a $2 billion year over year growth plan. A coaching client said, “I need to think of myself as the mini-ceo.” You don’t want to walk around like… Continue reading →

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Rhythm Systems Growth

JULY 27, 2022

This is not just a function for the human resources department, the best team managers measure employee satisfaction KPIs on their teams. You need to start measuring employee engagement KPIs this quarter so that you can keep your A Players and reduce employee turnover.

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Mind Tools Team Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Combine this with the ongoing cost of living crisis, and it's never been more important for managers to recognize and combat stress within their teams. Managing the Winter Blues. Low mood or depression can affect anyone, so it's vital that managers take support themselves, as well as supporting their team members.

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Mind Tools Team Management

MAY 15, 2023

Mental health issues make people feel uncomfortable. I'm not talking about people who suffer from them – I mean the people who don't. When you don't have any personal experience of poor mental health, it can be – excuse the pun – difficult to get your head around.

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Association Now Leadership

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Those who want to work on public speaking, or team management, or fundraising, or advocacy, or communications, or any specific skills, may often just have to sign up for a committee and hope for the best.

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Lolly Daskal

APRIL 26, 2023

They understand the importance of clear, concise communication and make it a priority to keep their team informed and up-to-date. Therefore, by communicating effectively, busy leaders are able to foster a sense of collaboration and teamwork among their team. Manage time wisely: Successful busy leaders are masters of time management.

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Sweet Process

JULY 15, 2021

Featured Bonus Content: Download the FREE Virtual Team Management & Evaluation Blueprint! Download this FREE checklist of the processes, tools, and even mindsets, as well as team-building activities, that might be best suited to your team’s strengths. Click Here To Download It.

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Association Now Leadership

AUGUST 6, 2023

In his new book Leap to Leader , leadership and management expert Adam Bryant discusses the common challenges people on the higher rungs of the career ladder face, and how to address them. In an excerpt recently published by Harvard Business Review , he outlines matters of decisiveness, team management, setting expectations, and more.

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Mind Tools Team Management

APRIL 24, 2023

I grew up in a street that was very much intergenerational. Our next-door neighbors on one side were elderly, and on the other side were slightly younger than my parents, and they had children our age. Opposite was Mrs Williamson (who always dressed up even though she lived alone) and her toy pom dog (who drank tea from a Royal Doulton cup).

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Mind Tools Team Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The term “quiet quitting” has been generating a lot of debate online. Originating from a TikTok video, the term has been interpreted in different ways, and has divided opinion. What Is Quiet Quitting? Quiet quitting is not what it might sound like. It doesn’t mean quitting your job, slacking, or “checking out.”

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Mind Tools Team Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Recently, one of our team members told me about her father who was on the autism spectrum. Neurodiversity is nothing new. He was brilliant at math and his memory was like an encyclopedia, yet he had difficulty remembering his way home from downtown – which was only a 10-minute drive.

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Mind Tools Team Management

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A passive-aggressive workplace trend, known as “quiet firing,” is making the rounds on social media, but this concept is not new. Quiet firing has existed for decades, although it was previously called “constructive dismissal.”

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Leadership & Supervisory Skills leadership team development team management' The post Remarkable TV: Leadership Lessons from a Coconut appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Mind Tools Team Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We can't do everything on our own. Sometimes we need someone else to take the lead. But sometimes we simply need someone to point the way. That's where coaching comes in. So what is coaching, exactly? And how does it differ from mentoring?

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Mind Tools Team Management

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The new year is just around the corner, and with it, the season of self-reflection. As we evaluate our progress and set goals, it's helpful to have a good understanding of ourselves. What motivates you to do your best work? What are your strengths, and how can you keep going when the going gets tough?

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Vantage Circle

MAY 19, 2022

With a bachelor’s degree in communication studies, He is passionate about reading, researching, and writing about team collaboration and team management. When he is not researching, he is usually found trying out new team management tools. For any related queries, contact editor@vantagecircle.com.

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Mind Tools Team Management

MAY 23, 2023

"See that big clock down there?" said the security guard, pointing the way down the long service road that ran alongside a huge great building. Turn right there, take the elevator up to the sixth floor, and you’ll find it." Sounded easy enough, but it wasn't.

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Mind Tools Team Management

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Losing your job is one of the most stressful things that can happen to anyone. For remote workers, suffering it in isolation is an added burden. And being let go is something the world is having to get used to again – with poor post-pandemic growth running headlong into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Vantage Circle

JUNE 29, 2020

12:00) We often hear bosses telling the team managers to 'lead' their team so that performance doesn't decline. For me, that sounds more like a management thing- like managing performances, rather than a leadership act. But again, for the team managers, it can feel like both.

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Mind Tools Team Management

AUGUST 17, 2022

There we were inside a treehouse, set high above the Amazonian rainforest – but this wasn’t reality… this was the metaverse. Luckily we were all newbies in Virtual Reality (VR) – members of a Mind Tools working group charged with experimenting with digital headsets and online hangouts, to explore the possibilities for our business.

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Mind Tools Team Management

JULY 20, 2022

I’m sitting here in the middle of a heatwave in Britain. And I can’t help but look out of the window and think, “Oh I wish I could make the most out of this sun.” ” It’s probably a thought that many of us have had over these past few weeks. So what’s stopping us? Well, it’s a Friday for one.

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Mind Tools Team Management

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We explored the difficulties that they faced, and how managers can support them before, during and after their transition back into the workplace. In a previous blog post , I spoke with two mums at Mind Tools, about their experiences returning from maternity leave.

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Mind Tools Team Management

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Even with the best of intentions, creating an inclusive workplace doesn’t happen by accident. In striving for inclusion, leaders may find it useful to ask themselves, and their employees, whether everyone understands their role in building an inclusive environment.

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Mind Tools Team Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A great coach doesn’t always have all the answers but they do ask all the right questions. “Where do you want to be in two years’ time? What actions do you need to take right now to get you there? How’s that working out for you? What’s the worst thing that could happen if you didn’t go ahead with that?”

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Mind Tools Team Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

What motivates you doesn’t necessarily work for someone else. While you may feel empowered by a drill sergeant barking orders at you, another person might find that overwhelming and de motivating. Or maybe you’re stimulated by a softer approach that someone else would find boring and uninspiring. So how can we best motivate others?

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15Five

AUGUST 16, 2021

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: The conference is for HR leaders, C-level executives and team managers. MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Goldman | Bospar | marissa@bospar.com | 847.951.5715. The post 15Five Empower 2021 Virtual Leadership Conference Registration Now Open appeared first on 15Five.

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Walk Me

JULY 26, 2021

Managing distributed teams. In the office, managers can maintain accountability by directly overseeing employees’ activity. Yet for the distributed, hybrid team, managers can’t monitor employees every second of the day. Although some supervisors resort to micromanagement, this rarely works.

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Zenefits

JANUARY 11, 2023

The team members went through a crucible with their colleagues and now they’re becoming stronger than ever. There’s a new sense of camaraderie in the team and the petty problems have been pushed to the side. The team manager is slowly starting to push the focus away from problems to the team’s goals and objectives.

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Mind Tools Team Management

APRIL 28, 2022

The term “psychological safety” conjures up a warm, fuzzy feeling: the professional equivalent of a big, protective hug. And, in a way, that’s exactly what it is. But it’s not about being nice ; in fact, it’s almost the opposite, according to Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, a world leader in the field.

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Mind Tools Team Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Returning from maternity leave offers unique challenges. According to research by Ipsos , almost three in 10 women (29 percent) felt that taking maternity leave had a negative impact on their careers. Meanwhile, less than half the proportion of men (13 percent) noticed the same impact after paternity leave.

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Mind Tools Team Management

MARCH 24, 2022

I’ve worked in some unhealthy work environments in my career – and I’m not talking about the ones where everyone smoked at their desks and there were no windows. These were places where the culture was all wrong, and most people felt discontented and unmotivated. In one of my first jobs, the boss was a bully.

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AIHR

AUGUST 16, 2023

Usually, line managers are responsible for people management in their departments, with the HR department providing guidance and assistance. HR professionals work alongside team managers to help provide feedback and leadership to employees to enable them to work cohesively with the team and meet their career goals.

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Mind Tools Team Management

MARCH 16, 2022

Difficult People Everywhere. “There are many types of annoying people,” says teamwork consultant Ilene Marcus in our latest Expert Voices episode. And she’s right, isn’t she? If we’re honest, we all know a large cast of characters who, in their own ways, rub us up completely the wrong way.

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Liquid Planner Leadership

MARCH 2, 2022

And expectation clarity is important across and at every level of the enterprise – organization, team, manager, and front line employee. Recent changes in employee expectations.

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15Five

AUGUST 8, 2022

You can slice and dice these scores by factors like team, manager, and role type, to see how different groups of employees are doing. It provides insight into your candidate experience and how efficient your recruiting process is. Employee engagement score.

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Know Your Team

MARCH 13, 2020

Based on research, the chapters include: What Remote Managers Do Differently How to Communicate Well as a Remote Manager Process and Tools: How to collaborate effectively when your team is remote How to Build Social Connection in a Remote Team Performance Management in a Remote Team Onboarding and Training in a Remote Team Hiring, Compensation, and (..)

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