Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Jon explains: “ Strengthening your self-leadership skills will make you a better team leader and empower you to face the stress and distractions of a historic crisis. In this video post, Chris shares: “ Moving forward, employees expect companies to make morally just decisions. Find Jon on Twitter at @jonlokhorst.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

It can be used to identify the risks that workers face today, which should be acknowledged and recognized by both HR and management. Artificial intelligence is considered today to be the most creative and promising field for workforce management. Performance Management. People Analytics. OSHA Risks.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Some folks manage to deceive themselves into believing that they are leaders. I have witnessed how power-hungry managers wield power by inspiring a few for some time before the disillusion sets in. One of his managers was kidnapped while on his way to the office, and the militants demanded a ransom. Because they hold a position?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Toxic workplaces have many consequences, from a fall in productivity and cooperation to sinking morale and employee engagement. At the heart of the researchers’ thesis is what they refer to as the psychosocial safety climate (PSC), which is the management practices and communication that helps to protect the mental health of workers.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

It is important to adapt and learn to be emotionally resilient in life and the workplace, especially in times of stress, to deal with any untoward events that happen. Ethics and morals. It is critical for managers and leaders to learn to navigate change . Adversity by such people is treated as a learning experience.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2023

Regular updates, informative meetings, and personalized discussions between managers and team members play a pivotal role in bridging communication gaps. Celebrating both significant and small milestones boosts morale and reinforces positive behavior.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Sean summarizes, “ An inspirational song can motivate your team and provide that extra boost of emotion that you might need to finish your project successfully… If you want to put together something that will boost your team morale and performance, consider using one or more of these inspirational songs to motivate your team!

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 14, 2022

Research from North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management reminds us, however, that empowering employees might not be enough on its own, and indeed, it could even backfire and produce negative results. They include things like unclear instructions, red tape, or conflicting requests from managers.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Learning to prioritize effectively can help you become more efficient, save time, and decrease stress. Your integrity sets your standards and gives you a code of morality and ethics. Trying to make everyone happy is a recipe for stress and frustration–and it’s literally impossible to do.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 18, 2021

People who take off frequently or stroll into the office at their convenience affect the morale of the company and its employees, lead to loss of productivity and reflect badly on the culture of the place. But before that, a good management needs to find out the reason for the absenteeism and what can be done to overcome this.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It showed engagement was slipping, trust was faltering, and morale was waning. The HR VP outlined a process to feed back the survey results to management and frontline teams across the organization in the coming months. But the executives were in favor of HR developing a talent management and engagement strategy.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

An Adobe survey found that 22 percent of employees have cried after receiving a poor performance appraisal , while 20 percent considered quitting following a stressful review. On the other hand, 72 percent of participants in an HBR study reported their performance would improve if managers provided corrective feedback.

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The Idolbuster

AUGUST 20, 2012

I think some people recoil when I use the term corporate idolatry because they work for a good company, and see themselves as making ethical decisions at work. So let me spend a moment on business ethics to explain how they do and do not correlate with idolatry. It was like hell. I don’t know any other way to put it.”.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? shares the secrets to how executives and managers can become the leaders their company needs. Leadership Is an Art Max DePree, the former CEO of Herman Miller, Inc.,

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Do your followers recognize you as a leader or a manager? Look to the headlines on any given day and you will find a CEO who has fallen from grace because of a decision to stray from the moral, ethical or legal path. …Your style is your slogan. An innovator or a maintainer? A servant leader or a narcissistic one?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Do your followers recognize you as a leader or a manager? Look to the headlines on any given day and you will find a CEO who has fallen from grace because of a decision to stray from the moral, ethical or legal path. …Your style is your slogan. An innovator or a maintainer? A servant leader or a narcissistic one?

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 27, 2019

I recently met with a group of HR professionals and line managers to debrief employee termination situations. Emotional instability – Part of being a mature adult is being able to manage your emotions and it’s critically important in a professional workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Most companies have ethics and compliance policies that get reviewed and signed annually by all employees. “Employees are charged with conducting their business affairs in accordance with the highest ethical standards,” reads one such example. Creating an Ethical Workplace. You and Your Team Series. Mark Chussil.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2016

Poor service after you sell it – continuing complaint calls are lowering your morale. Poor management – acting in their own self interest, can’t sell better than you. Conflicts with coworkers or management – too much who-struck-John. Stress (caused by one or many of the above). Leave ethically.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Micromanagement gets most of the attention, but under-management may be just as big a problem. As the name suggests, there’s just not quite enough management being done—and results often suffer as a result. They reported above-average morale, unlike many teams in the company. Chalermphon Kumchai/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The cognitive and emotional demands on managers have rarely been more complicated or intense. One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. Denys Argyriou/unsplash.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Setting goals is one of the established tools that managers have to increase staff motivation and performance. The personality trait we focused on was moral justification, or the tendency to portray an unethical act as being in the service of some valued or moral purpose. So we designed an experiment to test this idea.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

You’ve managed the same team for the past five years — then one day you find out that your most successful employee uses cognitive-enhancing drugs on the job. Meanwhile, the world of management remains stunningly silent. Is it morally wrong to use these drugs? This scenario may not be hypothetical for long.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. It is essential to build in a framework of virtuous and ethical principles.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Lack of understanding about this often leads to increased levels of turnover and increased costs in hiring replacements, both at the management (CEO) level or at operational levels, not just in terms of HR cost but also the time that could have been saved had this understanding been reached much earlier. . Workplace Culture Examples .

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

When you live with high moral standards , folks will view you as decent, honest, and caring. They live with guilt, shame, fear, self-doubt, anxiety, and stress. Does It Pay to Be Ethical? As Brian Tracy, the motivational speaker, said, “Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

Stress-test it with these questions: Is your purpose specific enough to defend? Statements of purpose often float upward into fluffy, generic moral injunctions, or land heavily as marketing slogans and value propositions. Scharffenberger had sold Hershey his eponymous ethical chocolate brand. How strong is your purpose?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

Demonstrates strong ethics and provides a sense of safety. This theme combines two of the three most highly rated attributes: “high ethical and moral standards” (67% selected it as one of the most important) and “communicating clear expectations” (56%). Admitting we’re wrong isn’t easy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

Leaders who lose their way are not necessarily bad people; rather, they lose their moral bearings, often yielding to seductions in their paths. Many times, this desire is so strong that leaders breach the ethical standards that previously governed their conduct, which can be bizarre and even illegal. Leading is high stress work.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

This latest frequent flyer reboot is an example of how the meaning, measure, and management of “customer loyalty” are changing. Retaining costly customers who stress out customer service staff usually proves a money-losing proposition. Loyalty here is as much about ethics as it is business.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If your attitude is impeding your relationships, your talent, or your health, it might be time to consider making some changes…If you have any great stories about how attitudes impact leadership and morale please share them in the comments section below. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] William Powell So nice to see this being addressed.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

John Hunter , from Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog , says “ One item I think every leader should have in their IDP is to continue to improve coaching their staff. Examples: an accounting manager could shadow HR for a day or an person in operations could learn more about the sales process. Tacy Byham, Ph.D.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

He carries the intriguing title of Professor of the Philosophy and Ethics of information at the University of Oxford implying that the revolution is as much about issues of morality, identity and meaning as it is about technology. The theme: Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

In recent weeks, we have seen almost daily reports surface of potential ethical conflicts in the White House, whether it’s possible conflicts of interest between the Trump family’s business ties and government priorities or allegations of collusion between campaign allies and Russian intelligence.

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