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A Picture of Health?

Chartered Management Institute

Examining the state of leadership and management in the healthcare sector CMI has partnered with the Social Market Foundation to explore what role the best in clinical and healthcare management has in enabling the service to reform and evolve, meeting public expectations as a result. A picture of health?

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

99.99999 percent of actual management consultants come from five basic career orientations and fit onto one of the five branches of The Business Tree : Technical or niche industry orientation. Entrepreneurial, small business management. Human resources management. Academic, research.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business Review

So be sure you’re in good standing with your manager before making the request. And try to “imagine how your boss will hear your proposal.” ” Consider what will worry your manager, and then think of ways to preempt those concerns. Your proposal should be simple and straightforward, Dillon says.

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Companies Want to Disclose Employee Health Data to Shareholders, and It’s a Bad Idea

Harvard Business Review

A working group whose members include Humana, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, PepsiCo, Unilever, and South African insurer Discovery recently proposed that publicly traded corporations provide an overview on the health of their workforces in their various forms of public disclosure, including annual reports, 10-Ks, and sustainability reports.

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What to Do If You Already Hate Your New Job

Harvard Business Review

Consider where you went wrong in your last search and don’t be afraid to ask hard questions of prospective employers — questions like what success looks like at the company and how managers handle challenges. Case study #1: Proactively build your skills. Her manager was often inaccessible and the work felt repetitive and dull.

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When Your Boss Is Younger than You

Harvard Business Review

How do you put age aside and focus on what you have to learn from your manager? And what can you do to best support your boss—which is your job no matter your manager’s age? Meister, a founding partner of Future Workplace, the human resources consultancy, and coauthor of The 2020 Workplace. Don’t.

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How to Handle Difficult Conversations at Work

Harvard Business Review

Difficult conversations — whether you’re telling a client the project is delayed or presiding over an unenthusiastic performance review — are an inevitable part of management. And, how can you manage the exchange so that it goes as smoothly as possible? Case Study #1: Be clear, direct, and unemotional.

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