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May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

In the workplace, this manifests as low engagement, high attrition, bullying, toxic culture, harassment, lack of psychological safety and stifled communication. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared 4 Ways to Cultivate Openness to Experience to Enhance Innovation and Leadership. Follow Jennifer on Twitter at @NashCoaching.

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Companies Like Amazon Need to Run More Tests on Workplace Practices

Harvard Business Review

But even if you’re adhering to principles of data-driven management , why not instead conduct controlled, randomized experiments to find out which practices are the best at promoting productivity, worker satisfaction, and innovation? In fact, attrition among the home workers was 50% lower than among the control group.

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Which U.S. Companies Are Doing the Most R&D in China and India?

Harvard Business Review

” Senior executive presence and travel across sites is an important part of integrating teams. ” Anurag Garg, head of Polycom’s India Innovation Center echoes this, “Video conferencing as a tool is a big enabler for better collaboration with remote teams.” This will instill confidence and make them grow.”

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Stanford Medical School's Plan to Attract More Female Leaders

Harvard Business Review

SSoM''s data shows that professional identity drives behaviors — as well as attrition — when the demands of a 65 hour workweek lead to a high rate of dissatisfaction with work-life integration and create significant work-work conflict as a result of the many demands on a faculty member''s time.

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Stop Neglecting Remote Workers

Harvard Business Review

I traveled to headquarters to meet the team, figure out the culture there, and get a clear sense of who controls what. Cisco found that face-to-face relationships in particular are a boon to effective collaboration, which improves productivity, efficiency, and innovation. This can contribute to attrition.