HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

How to manage remote teams effectively? Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. The question gnaws at you.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 3, 2023

Generally speaking, the consensus is that autonomy is highly motivational. Nicholai Foss and Peter Klein suggest that complete autonomy isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be, however, and that managers can actually be incredibly useful. Management and its accompanying hierarchy still have an essential role to play.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 21, 2021

Empowering employees is generally seen as a positive thing for managers and organizations to do. New research from Michigan State University reminds us, however, that strategies meant to empower and motivate people may not always work, and can even backfire. The right approach.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 19, 2020

The best leaders don’t micromanage, because they know it creates mistrust and breaks down innovation and motivation. At the heart of most micromanagement tendencies is the fear that your people will make you look bad. However painful it seems at the time, it’s easier than avoidance in the long run. You live in the weeds.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask questions,” wrote management guru Peter Drucker. But “ just ask” leadership , centered on questioning, inspires greater accountability, surfaces innovative ideas, resolves conflicts, and motivates employees to higher levels of performance.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared The 3 Most Important Traits Teams Want in a New Manager. Communication.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. Anyone with the motivation to lead can develop core leadership qualities. Micromanaging your staff wastes company resources and frustrates employees.

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Modern Servant Leader

AUGUST 29, 2012

In “ Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us ” , author Daniel Pink explains how ROWE is a revolutionary principle emerging to address the motivational needs of modern workers. They describe ROWE as: …a management strategy where employees are evaluated on performance, not presence.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to a recent survey , 33 percent of managers lead with fear. As the study’s authors point out, if you were to ask a manager if they lead with fear, most will say no. suspicion, blame, imposter syndrome, micromanagement, unwillingness to receive feedback), it becomes clear that fear is unconsciously driving their behavior.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

In an attempt to expedite progress, you may be tempted to take complete control, micromanaging every aspect and excluding your team from important decisions. Applying the principles of the Goldilocks Curve can help you strike the right balance, providing the comfort and reassurance needed while pushing for growth and motivation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 20, 2017

But we all know people in the business world who do a terrible job in leadership positions: awful bosses, disengaged department heads, ineffective team managers, and otherwise bad bigwigs in nice offices who make the work environment an unpleasant one. They talk a lot about ‘motivation’ without ever doing anything to motivate.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s an age-old question: How do you motivate people to do what’s right? Some folks think it doesn’t matter what management style you use as long as you achieve your goals. Folks use several strategies to motivate people. .* All of Frank’s books and his blog are ‘must reads” and “must gives.” If you want obedience, get a dog.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 5, 2014

This is a cultural intervention in which leaders seek out a few employees who are already known to be master motivators, adept at inspiring strategic awareness among their colleagues. These master motivators are invited to recommend specific measures that enable better ways of working. But they’re rarely put into practice.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

In an attempt to expedite progress, you may be tempted to take complete control, micromanaging every aspect and excluding your team from important decisions. Applying the principles of the Goldilocks Curve can help you strike the right balance, providing the comfort and reassurance needed while pushing for growth and motivation.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

With this knowledge, top managers seek ways to improve their employees’ productivity for business stability. This truly is the baseline for every productivity management. With this in place, management can communicate regularly with employees as regarding their performances. Give room for objective management.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 19, 2020

High performing people are always: Filled with innovative ideas and open to challenges. The characteristics mentioned above also help them find innovative and quirky solutions to challenging office problems. . It also means training managers and supervisors on the best practices for managing a high-performing workforce. .

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. Work Based Learning Lead, phs group I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. Work Based Learning Lead, phs I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

How you think, your values, and what motivates you contribute to this kind of thinking. Essentially, senior leaders inspire, motivate and support others to work together toward a common goal and be the best version of themselves in their work or personal lives. Leadership takes work, dedication, and patience.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

They’re everywhere, it seems, and their micromanagement cuts off all the oxygen to productivity. Delegating is an art, and the best leaders are those who give their teams the freedom to innovate and the structure to work together at peak performance. Develop stress-management skills if you need them, and help others do the same.

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Leading Blog

MAY 25, 2016

Only a committed leader can keep an organization—a bureaucracy—on its toes, continuously adapting, innovating, improving.” Gates cautions that while micro-knowledge is necessary, micromanagement is not. ☙ Core to leadership is the ability to relate to people—to empathize, understand, inspire, and motivate.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Leading friends and former peers is one of the most difficult challenges faced by newly promoted managers. Julie Winkle-Giulioni of Julie Winkle-Giulioni provided Are You a Micromanager or a Macromanager? Neal Burgis of Burgis Successful Solutions submitted Getting Comfortable Taking Innovation Risks. Resilience.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 7, 2013

Employees are happier when they have control over their work and are not micromanaged. A survey of employees’ concerns or gripes can provide great insight into what management can do to improve its corporate culture. Plus, upper management can benefit from mentoring. Poll the ranks. Poll the ranks. Communicate.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2012

So how do we balance that talent so we don’t lose our best chance at creating an innovative solution or approach? But once you deliver those directions, don’t micromanage them on how it has to get done. You have to invest some time and get to know where this person is coming from and what motivates them to work.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Lose your temper – Some leaders think by yelling or cursing at employees they are motivating them. Avoid conflict – Successful leaders know how to effectively manage conflict in their teams. Good leaders learn how to diagnose the situation at hand and use the appropriate conflict management style.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MAY 27, 2022

The GP client community has expressed a need for the specific competencies successful leaders use to manage people with an eye to performance. Providing direction is great, except when it’s perceived as micromanagement. In that regard, Situational Leadership ® is a language of performance and change management,” continued Shriver.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

In a grand example of the breakdown between management and workers, Hostess Brands recently declared bankruptcy after failed negotiations with its striking workers. The incident incited a host of postmortem commentaries placing blame on poor management or unreasonable unions. Here are nine traits that innovative leaders share.

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2011

For me, the first step would be to manage the stress that fear causes. I do not think all CEOs are bad or have bad motives though. Territorialism - Hoarding and micromanaging. Companies that embrace this as a method for innovation and growth need to have people who are not living in fear.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Perceived lack of control – A while ago Dan Pink illustrated the importance of autonomy in our motivation and engagement at work, so it’s perhaps no surprise that feeling like we lack control over our lives is also a major contributing factor towards burnout.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. In emergency management, Hurricane Sandy stands out. It’s a common misconception that “command-and-control” is synonymous with micromanagement.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Managers Can Change That. Innovation is a challenge because it is largely a right brain activity. But once this is understood, innovation can become a personal leadership skill as well as a corporate one. Art Petty suggests Respectfully Speaking, Let’s Cure Respect Deficit Disorder at Management Excellence.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Being a visionary leader can take on many forms when it comes to setting up for business success, but the bottom line is, there’s no better way to motivate and inspire than being a leader with a future-proofed plan. True leaders, the best leaders, bring everyone along on the journey.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

It’s just that many managers don’t know how to manage a high potential, and end up doing well-intended things that get unintended results. David summarizes, “Video games are masterful at drawing out people’s natural, internal motivations. Tom Magness of Leader Business contributed How NOT to Micromanage.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Much of the confusion and frustration comes from having too many layers of management in the organization. Causing increased tension and everyone feeling squished, micromanaged, distrusted and unsafe. Matching the Manager-Employee Capacity. Have you ever felt like you were being “squished” by the layers of management around you?

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

” But as long as you think accountability can be purchased, mandated, or motivated, you’re trapped in trying to create high accountability -- in a low-accountability workforce. First, you stop doing things that undermine accountability—stop overseeing, legislating and micromanaging. So what is accountability?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth My question is this: Is your intellect an asset or liability? Exclusivity vs. Inclusivity : Do you use your intelligence to intimidate and stifle others or to encourage, inspire and motivate others?

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2013

Diversity is the key to an innovative team. Managing Smart. People don’t need micromanagement. Dan Pink’s new theory of motivation comes in handy. Manage meetings well. It is not about conflicts but how you manage them. Manage the grapevine. Skills alone, without right attitude doesn’t move a needle.

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