Companies often struggle to find their next-generation leaders. How do you figure out who has — or can acquire — the right strengths to tackle your team’s most challenging problems? In the face of such uncertainty, we tend to concentrate on what we know: we search for employees who met …
What does it mean to think like a manager? That subject receives little attention. We tell people don’t be managers, be great leaders. But separating management and leadership is risky. Leadership without management produces a disconnected approach that promotes arrogance, just as management without leadership encourages an uninspired style that …
I want him fired. How is it that understanding, kind, thoughtful, rational, collaborative people like you and me are provoked by the work performance of certain colleagues that our imaginations race with ways to get them out of our lives and work – in any way possible? We dream up …
Employees who work under compassionate managers are 25% more engaged in their jobs, 20% more dedicated to the business, and 11% less likely to burn out. Too many companies, though, appear to have missed the memo. They still maintain tight hierarchies and treat their employees more like resources than people, requiring excessively …
