Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Managers fall victim to the same temptation: it’s much more fun (and in the short term, rewarding) to praise your direct reports than to deliver negative feedback. And if you’re a manager, you can’t only rely on praise. Giving feedback Managing people' First, remember: Mary Poppins don’t know squat.
The Center For Leadership Studies
JUNE 8, 2023
Scientific Management An industrial engineer in the early 1900s, Frederick Winslow Taylor was obsessed with productivity enhancement. This study examined thousands of managers across industries with two basic parameters: Was the manager successful? Did the team or group the manager led hit their productivity targets?
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