Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 28, 2021

Talk with your manager and co-workers about how you can best leverage the time you do have in the office for deeper collaboration and innovation. Then, do what you can to plan your deeper thinking or individual project work for the time you have at home. Consider quiet hours (or open-office hours) to focus your work.

Productivity 538

Productivity Products How To Planning 538

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

In your usual project debriefing sessions, take what you learn and apply it to the future. Use positive approaches such as appreciative inquiry, which identifies what works when parts of initiatives fail, and which uses brainstorming and strategic planning to arrive at an ideal solution. Hire to innovate.

Company 286

Company Bond Learning-by-Doing Diversity 286

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 12, 2017

One of the hottest trends in human resources over the past few years is to rethink the performance management process and abandon the forced ranking systems of old. If you don’t yet have a formal mentoring program, perhaps one of your hyper performers would like to take that on as a special project.

Tips 59

Tips Human Resources Motivation Long-term 59

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Most corporate buildings don't do a good job of supporting collaboration, brainstorming, and innovative work methods. The talk was held in the company's recently completed design collaboration space, a large open area where multiple disciplines can come together to innovate.

Brainstorming 15

Brainstorming Open-book Conference Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

” She recommends outlining your projects and obligations to a trusted friend or colleague. You might, for instance, suggest that certain tasks be done quarterly instead of monthly, that colleagues step in to assist you on a particular project, or that the organization hire a temp to lighten the load. ” Set priorities.

How To 8

How To Project Advice Case Study 8

Ask Atma

MAY 3, 2011

Most of the time if you do, you end up with either a crappy execution of the $1000 version (a $500 version), or an over budget project and someone should get fired. This of course is an extreme simplification, but the idea is missing from many project management cycles. Stage three: Improving brainstorming.

Creativity 56

Creativity Brainstorming Constraint Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

It''s not hard to brainstorm a list once you think about it. Soon, the list of topics grows more serious, and turns to work: My plate is completely full, but my boss just asked me to start a new project. The Vice-President of Human Resources: your inner Lover. If you have an argument with yourself, who wins?

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer Learning-by-Doing 8