HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

In the fast-paced world of business, conflict is an ever-present force that can disrupt team dynamics and hinder productivity. However, the key lies not in avoiding conflict altogether, but in effectively managing and resolving it. So, fasten your seatbelts and prepare to navigate the maze of workplace disagreements!

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2024

Building resilience into the fabric of the organization is essential for weathering uncertainty and sustaining long-term success. Resilient businesses anticipate and prepare for challenges, leveraging their strengths and resources to navigate uncertainty effectively.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management Transformed Managing in a Marathon Crisis Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis is a CMI research project exploring the extraordinary challenges and new ways of working that emerged in 2020. In August 2020, CMI polled nearly 2,300 senior leaders, managers and employees.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Jeff is Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University and Wharton.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 22, 2024

Resilience intelligence focuses on developing the foresight to anticipate challenges, building the capacity to endure them, and thriving amidst uncertainty. Human-tech synergy emphasizes the seamless integration of technology into human workflows, enhancing efficiency and productivity while preserving human creativity and empathy.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, effective people management skills are crucial for leaders and managers. People management encompasses a range of responsibilities, from recruiting and onboarding to training and development, performance management, employee engagement, and more.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

To lead through chaos, clarify what matters most and define reality for yourself, your team, and your manager. I feel bad for my manager, they’re in a hard place and there aren’t any easy decisions, but I can’t seem to get them to make better choices. Time to Lead Your manager can’t solve the problem for you.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2020

Succinct communication can go a long way, it’s productive and will help you in a time poor business environment where things need to get done quick! A cheerful attitude is conducive to productivity that can pave the way for substantial and meaningful upgrades. Communication. Being Able to Take on Problems Well. Leadership.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Tom Ziglar shares ten leadership virtues that are essential for coaching employees through immense change and creating an environment of maximum potential and productivity. Few management ideas have spread so far and wide as the Net Promoter System (NPS). Great leaders embrace a higher purpose to win. thriving versus surviving?is

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

According to the Agile Alliance, “If you extend the idea of Agile as a mindset, then people seeking Business Agility ask themselves, ‘How might we structure and operate our organization in a way that allows us to create and respond to change and deal with uncertainty?’ Products and services pushed out to the market.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

The Importance of Robust Succession Planning Amidst Chaos In today’s volatile business environment, chaos has become the order of the day, leading organizations into an era of uncertainty. Foresight and proactive management must command the planning process. The key is adapting to the fluid nature of business.

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Uncertainty Planning Succession Long-term 434

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Delegation is generally speaking seen as something managers should do in order to help their team learn and develop. It’s not always something that’s well-received, however, as research from the University at Buffalo School of Management illustrates. “But sometimes, employees don’t see it that way.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

“In our study, we refer to the uncertainty that senior employees feel about their status as ‘the worn-out syndrome,’ which is similar to the well-known imposter syndrome that is associated with a feeling of inadequacy.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As crises big and small peppered our daily lives in 2020, the past 12 months have been a clear lens through which to view the crisis management skills (and sometimes lack thereof) of folks from all cross-sections of society. Crisis management skills are often overlooked until a crisis is upon us. Your response depends on the situation.

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Crisis Management Crisis Skills Emotional Intelligence 128

Strategy Driven

MAY 8, 2024

The product and service portfolio is the aspect of business planning with the least certainty. Adept portfolio management is paramount for sustained growth and competitiveness, especially in today’s difficult and volatile economic environment. In this way, the focus can be on the actions required to address performance gaps.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 2, 2020

For many, a plethora of distressing feelings have emerged: anxiety, worry, fear, frustration, sadness, anger, panic, helplessness, uncertainty, skepticism, confusion, stress, and even loss. Why Uncertainty is Linked to Anxiety. Read on for 9 tips, based on what we know from research, for dealing with uncertainty and anxiety.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Good leadership skills may differ across businesses, yet few of these skills prepared leaders to manage the turmoil over the past year. For instance, car manufacturers such as GM and Ford modified their production lines to manufacture medical devices like ventilators. The pandemic forced business to be more open to innovation.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2021

Anxiety at Work : 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. Anxiety at Work shows how everyone at all levels can work together to build an environment that fosters camaraderie, productivity, and calm. If so, you may have had anxiety at work. It is here now.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Anne Loehr and Jezra Kaye, authors of Managing the Unmanageable , say that these “unmanageable” people are costing companies a fortune. Loehr estimates that her clients lose, on average, 30% of their productivity because of issues related to unmanageable employees. Managing the Unmanageable is written to help you do just that.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Operations managers have a tough and challenging role, particularly in 2021. If you’re working in operations management, or you aspire to become an operations supervisor, take a look at some of the challenges you’ll be facing in 2021: 1. Supply Chain Uncertainty. Increased Sustainability.

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In this episode, employment expert Paul Falcone shares four interview questions that can help cut through the uncertainty by drawing out honest, helpful answers from job candidates. Book: 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees: A Manager’s Guide to Addressing Performance, Conduct, and Discipline Challenges.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Perhaps it’s because as managers, we face a horde of challenges. Mid-level directors and managers don’t fare well either. Recipes are, by definition, detailed processes that allow us to get to a final product — and voila, mission accomplished. They’re at least partially designed to reduce uncertainty and stress.

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Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing Open-book Strategic Planning 312

Lead on Purpose

MARCH 4, 2013

A project is also run by a project manager, who is responsible for the day-to-day execution of tasks, and is often appointed by the project owner or sponsor. A good project manager must also possess the ability to communicate clearly, solve problems, handle interpersonal conflicts, and plan, as well as secure commitments.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

Change means uncertainty, which is an uncomfortable state for many. While change management is sometimes couched as being all about “winning hearts and minds,” the truth is more nuanced: change comes with a cost — and is not necessarily positive for all stakeholders. Declining productivity. Job insecurity. Fear of failure.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 25, 2011

When exploring work and the roles that have been defined (by organizations, managers, and you) the use of current knowledge , plus potential knowledge are needed to make decision and solve problems. Decision Making has to do with human uncertainty. There is more complexity and knowledge needed that you currently do not have access to.

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Uncertainty Delegation Skills Learning-by-Doing 142

Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

With uncertainty swirling around every corner in the world today, team members are reevaluating their workplaces and walking out as they look past hollow promises and perks that are a mere temporary bandage. You couldn't figure out what made them tick, and you know you were underwhelming as a manager and leader for them. Absolutely!

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 29, 2021

Economic uncertainty leaves companies wearily contemplating downsizing, employees in constant fear of losing job security, and leaders questioning whether their typical methods for managing remote teams still work. These unpredictable circumstances make it imperative for management to adopt flexible leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

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. John Stoker of DialogueWORKS contributed Managers, here’s your guide to effective feedback. Communication. ’ Will it be you? Will it be me?”

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Productivity is key to recovery, but the risk of anxiety and burnout has never been higher. Keeping workplaces safe from the virus and people productive in their jobs demanded a massive reset of business practices. Know that not all productivity is the same, or sustainable. Companies can’t focus narrowly on productivity alone.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 19, 2023

Here’s the question that prompted this production of #askingforafriend … “Hey Karin, I have a really exciting vision I know will be helpful for my team. Look for people on your team (including support team members like HR, Finance, and project managers) who really understand what you’re doing.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2024

High stakes, strong wills, and increasing uncertainty can make decisions at the top of your organization fraught. Executives must proactively and productively make covert disagreements overt and foster a healthy dialog with board members. Second, they must inform the room of a full situation and its status early and often.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

With increasing demands in our time, one of the challenges that leaders continually face is that of productivity. Nothing frustrates me more than the amount of time, energy, and resources that we waste on a daily basis simply because we are not effective and productive and don’t have efficient, aligned business practices in place.

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HR Digest

JUNE 9, 2023

In the face of economic uncertainty, recessions pose significant challenges for businesses worldwide. Retaining Top Performers During Recession Recessions are a time of economic uncertainty and instability. When employees are healthy, they are more productive and less likely to take sick days.

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How To Absenteeism Uncertainty Tips 105

Lead Change Blog

JULY 27, 2020

With this mindset, team members look to the organization’s vision and values instead of specific practices, products, operating goals or legacy accomplishments as touchstones. These cultures prove their endurance during tough times by experiencing minimized disruption of key outcomes, such as productivity, customer service and profit.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2023

The rise of deglobalization and the resulting uncertainty in the global business landscape has prompted technology-based industries to reevaluate their overarching strategies. The book emphasizes three categories of supply in industrial markets, including advanced premium products, no-frills products, and complex service solutions.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Managers are facing many dilemmas and questions around how they manage flexibility, how they acknowledge caring responsibilities, the role of automation for certain tasks, and home working versus office productivity,” Gratton explains. Rethinking performance management. On the clock.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 12, 2021

An exceedingly bright and consistently energetic member of our team at The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS), who for all intents and purposes is just starting her career, approached me recently seeking wisdom : Her : “You know how we are always saying that Situational Leadership ® is a language of performance management and change management?”.

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