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How to achieve a flow state of mind

Chartered Management Institute

But why should managers care about flow? Management attention is one of an organisation’s most precious resources. Flow will help managers balance conflicting pressures and meet both their own needs and the needs of those who rely on them. Advice Looking for advice and guidance?

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CMI Highlights – 23 August

Chartered Management Institute

And the summer season often presents a significant management challenge: managing time. CMI’s CEO, Ann Francke OBE, gave her expert advice in The Times this week about planning and scheduling holidays carefully to prevent important people from being away at the same time. Interested? Or know someone who would be? Read more here.

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Finding the Curl in a Disruptive Wave of Change

The Center For Leadership Studies

Case in point: Bennis was by no means the first scholar to draw a distinction between leadership and management. Managers make sure those things are done … right.”. If you are a frontline manager in any size organization right now, it is difficult (at best) to pinpoint the things you need to be doing. Doing Things Right.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

Participative leaders were those who show great concern for employees and use input and advice from these individuals when making decisions. Not bad advice, no matter who you’re leading. Fiedler developed the Least Preferred Coworker Scale as a way to determine which managers would be the best fit for a leadership assignment.

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How to Get an Employee to Work Faster

Harvard Business Review

A slower worker doesn’t just reduce a team’s productivity — he can also hurt his colleagues’ morale, says Lindsay McGregor, the coauthor of Primed to Perform and co-founder of Vega Factor. “Start with assuming positive intent,” says McGregor. What the Experts Say.