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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

In a previous article , I explored how technology is generally not feeding through into productivity statistics. Data shows that despite considerable advances in technology in the last decade, productivity has largely remained flat. Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management. and France.

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Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

The Horizons Tracker

In total, 989 workplaces were included in both the 2004 and 2011 surveys, allowing the researchers to compare employment relations in these firms alongside their ability to weather what was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. They just need the technology and the trust from their employer to do their job from anywhere.

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How a Fast Casual Chain Shows Employees Their Work Matters

Harvard Business Review

The app was a big technology project for us. You just have to look for and seize every opportunity to make your people feel valued and purposeful in their work. Last month, I visited all of our U.S. restaurants to introduce our new ordering app to employees.

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Never-Ending New Beginnings: Interview with Lisa Haneberg

QAspire

Lisa is an expert in the areas of organization development, management, leadership, talent management, and personal and organizational success. Lisa] I started blogging in August of 2004 and I had no idea what I was doing or what great blogs looked like. I became a blog reader and a blog writer at the same time.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

The very idea of leading people in jobs is changing with the democratization of work and the continued advance of digital technology. Digital technology is increasing the complexity and options associated with this plurality of work. How talent management is changing. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.