Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

What would you do if your customer base tripled almost overnight and their lives depended on you scaling up your leadership and your organization to meet the sudden surge in demand? Their experience provides a case study that holds lessons for any organization in any sector. So, how did they do it?

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

A Case Study Madison, Wisconsin (1981-1993). During monthly meetings for first-line and mid-managers, the chief asks them how they are doing and they report their efforts and successes with data. The chief continues to highlight, inside and outside the department, what the department has so far learned and achieved.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

Whenever changes are made at work- an employee is given a new task or a new way to do a current task- there will be resistance. Mayer certainly learned this in the backlash from Yahoo!’s Communicate new opportunities. It’s human nature to resist new responsibilities or rules. Focus on the positive. Create a vision.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 8, 2011

To learn more click here…. You are the reason people do great work…What are you doing about it? Less stress on you. As a manager you are stressed…this process will teach you systems, methods and skills to lessen your stress. To learn more click here…. Retention of talent. So you can sleep at night.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

Similar to what we learn from physics, a system at rest stays at rest, and Qubein had to challenge the existing mindset and behavior of faculty and staff who were mired in outdated education methods. The staff and faculty thought I was crazy to do this. For example, he studied the flow of students between classes. .

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Jill shared, “Well-meaning leaders don’t always do what they want to do. He says, “From an early age I learned to experiment, appreciate and understand data, respect people and the importance of striving to continually improve. I am thankful for these lessons that I learned as gift from growing up in my family.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The flipside is true, too; if your colleagues are constantly stressed out, you’re more likely to suffer. How do you avoid secondhand stress? First, the bad news: secondhand stress is nearly inescapable. Before you wage war on secondhand stress, you must acknowledge that some stress can be good, says David.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Learn the 10 Answers People Want Before Saying Yes to a Job so you’ll be prepared to address those unspoken questions.". . (-: Bon appétit! We'll lead off with Jennifer Miller , from The People Equation. When you hire someone, did you know you’ve agreed to an unspoken “contract” with your new employee? Corporate culture guru S. Mike Henry Sr.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

Home is a sanctuary from work stress, right? Even if you are able to leave your projects and worries at the office, your spouse may have difficulty doing so — and that stress can rub off on you. Dealing with stress is a fact of working life. ” Stress endurance is not a competition. Not always.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2021

If you are not a signed-up member, you do not know what you are missing! Learning sector like the payment methods. The videos do not necessarily have to be done professionally or fancy since if they contain relevant information, they will always reach the desired crowd. Relatable case studies. Publisher section.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Most people think about the Navy and think “command and control” or “authoritarian” type of leadership, but you say compassion and caring is one of the major lessons you learned in the service. There is some very good news here. But each and every interaction should be considered an opportunity. Think about the power of this maxim.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Touchpoint Leadership is founded on the belief that relationships are the primary unit of value in organizations and that for enterprises to be healthy, effective and immensely rewarding leaders need to put relationships at the heart of everything they do.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Do you think that could possibly have had anything to do with him snapping when the passenger called him an MF?)    Since 9/11, they’ve had their pay cut while their jobs have gotten massively bigger and more stressful.  One is that, until this week, Slater had an exemplary career with Jet Blue.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2016

Elizabeth and Saul learned that these assessments usually take three months or more and that parents have to drag their children to a daunting series of meetings and examinations in unfamiliar new places, which distresses the children and leads many parents to abandon the process. Courtesy of Robert I.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2015

This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. She soon learned that he was a lovely Dutchman with the utmost respect for women; his wife was a surgeon, and they had two whip-smart teenage girls. “My, my, how tiny you are!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “I want to hear about work, of course, but first tell me how Deniz and the girls are doing,” Sophie said. You’re doing the right thing.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2019

Is business still a hidden art that must be learned through great risk and peril, akin to a martial arts novice training on a mountain top, or can anyone learn essential business skills with the right access to resources? In other words, yes, we believe that with the right resources, most people can learn valuable business skills.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

You constantly hear how bad stress is for you: it's damaging your health, jeopardizing your relationships, and hurting your performance. So how can you take the stress you thought was killing you and make it constructive? So how can you take the stress you thought was killing you and make it constructive? What the Experts Say.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 30, 2015

And why do others often fail to be effective, or as successful as they should be? Although these stories are actually quite interesting, please do not make the mistake of comparing yourself to those worst case examples. How can someone like Paul who habitually feels and acts this way acclimate and learn to love the heights?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2011

The same pattern has also long been seen in the military, where it has been conclusively shown that higher-IQ soldiers show fewer signs of long-term post-traumatic stress. But the tests that measure cognitive ability do. I had been hired to evaluate Ollie by his parent company because his company had been doing poorly.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Why then do so many CEOs appear to have a bad attitude? What do you reflect, and what do people see in you? Do you tend to have a pessimistic outlook on things ? Do people seek your input, advice, and counsel ? Do you have difficulty attracting and retaining tier-one executive talent ? If not, why not?

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QAspire

JUNE 29, 2010

Ultimately, our results drive us to do more. The host of the show asked, “Do you think you will win this competition?” to which participant responded - “I am not here to win the first spot, I am here to enjoy the process of being with such great mentors and learning the music. Anxiousness (and sometimes fear) kills creativity.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Of course, the problem was easily diagnosed: RSA Ground was trying to do more work with the same number of employees. You’ll learn how to do it faster.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2014

You’ll actually get worse at your job if you don’t have intervals of rest amid the stress,” says Scott Edinger, founder of the Edinger Consulting Group. Ask yourself how much emergency stuff do you actually deal with on a daily basis,” says Edinger. And when we actually do the work, most of us underestimate how long it will take.”

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Without the right planning, you could be subjecting yourself to a lot of unneeded business owner stress. Look to those who aren’t just saying they are experts but can demonstrate some successful examples or case studies from their expertise.​ Factor in start-up costs, daily expenses and taxes into your budget.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2011

Many of my students saw Harvard as a privilege, but others quickly lost sight of that reality and focused only on the workload, the competition, the stress. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe.

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Stress Bottom-up Bond Case Study 50

Deming Institute

MARCH 6, 2017

Air Force One , CEO Greg Guy attended the 2013 Deming Institute Annual conference and was able to begin to learn how to put into action a management system to address the problems created by a commision based culture. The new system started in the fall of 2013.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2017

What should a manager do? “We have a fundamental neuroanatomy that orients us toward stress in highly charged times,” explains Rich Fernandez, cofounder of Wisdom Labs and an expert in resilience. ” Here are practical ways to do that. Ask yourself: Whom do I want to be in this situation?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

They create fear and stress, often leading to hasty and ill-considered responses. To understand human behavior around risk, and to learn how to manage it better, it's important to recognize that one man's fear is another man's opportunity. How do they do it? An HBR Mini Case Study. Get Ready to Fail.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In a well-known study conducted back in 1975 , sociologists Don Zimmerman and Candace West of the University of California, Santa Barbara systematically examined interruptions by men and women during conversations. If you are unconvinced, try taking an online Implicit Association Test to learn how persistent these biases can be.)

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Should Alice go to graduate school, or keep learning on the job? So, the crucial skill is learning how to form a founding team that can cover the gaps. Being able to craft and communicate a compelling story about why you are doing what you’re doing can inspire others to join you and fund you.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

And in another survey, 87% said they cannot calculate quantifiable returns on their learning investments. Nor do they quantify the cost of high employee turnover. But it is possible to do better. These are stressful jobs, with high expectations and high turnover. For example, in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

They create fear and stress, often leading to hasty and ill-considered responses. To understand human behavior around risk, and to learn how to manage it better, it's important to recognize that one man's fear is another man's opportunity. How do they do it? An HBR Mini Case Study. Get Ready to Fail.

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Arkes Management Offshoring Uncertainty 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Bank of England’s Mark Carney has also been stressing the importance of addressing these issues. A recent industry case study suggests that investors have been unaware of how past climate shocks affect corporate profitability. Such firms are less likely to have evaluated their evolving risk exposure.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Do you have that kind of bond? While it is true that companies with abundant resources can afford to use fear as a motivator and absorb the cost of more frequent hirings and firings, this approach frequently ends up being memorialized in case studies of failed leaders and shuttered businesses.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Do you work with someone who isn’t a team player? How do you work with this person in a way that doesn’t make you resentful? Instead of assuming that someone is just a slacker or lacks commitment, “do a little exploration first,” he says. The roots of the person’s behavior may surprise you.

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