Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Our leaders completed the program knowing, not guessing, what was expected of them, as leaders of their teams and as models for our entire organization. I co-conducted a professional peer review of a nearly identical campus on the west coast (size, structure, unions, facilities, budget, number of staff).

Leadership 63

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 63

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This is what I did early in my academic career when I received peer review comments on a paper I’d submitted for publication. Without fail, there would be at least one reviewer who hated the paper. This approach helps you – and your team – in two ways. You and Your Team Series. Dorie Clark.

Peer Review 14

Peer Review Review Self-aware Middle Management 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2014

A similar approach is used in the National Hockey League, where a “plus-minus” system calculates how often a skater is on the ice when a goal happens, awards a point when the team scores and subtracts one when the opponent does. By contrast, we have seen many struggling teams that award recognition for activity metrics (e.g.,

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Health Care Teamwork Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

they work for the same company, team, and boss), and why there is always demand for employees who display consistent levels of ambition, energy, and dedication, irrespective of the situation they are in. This is why two individuals may have very different levels of engagement even when their job situation is nearly identical (e.g.,

Emotional Intelligence 14

Emotional Intelligence Diversity Review Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

There’s that one person on your team — the bad apple who has nothing positive to say, riles up other team members, and makes work life miserable. The whole team suffers because of it.” Separate the toxic person from other team members. Don’t: Bring the situation up with your other team members.

Management 14

Management How To Document Case Study 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. “We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said. For many in today’s knowledge economy, this feeling is elusive.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

This is because promotions and salary increases at most business schools are primarily based on professors’ number of peer-reviewed, “A” journal publications (or those appearing in journals with the highest impact factor, or frequency of citation-counts). Where has this stuff been hiding?”

Metrics 11

Metrics Ethics Incentives Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

For example, when participants in one of the studies were presented with a season’s worth of statistics for a star athlete who had logged worse numbers than usual, the participants were quick to conclude that the player’s career had begun an irreversible downward spiral. Isn’t it time to change the way we talk about change?

Champy 8

Champy Hammer McKinsey Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

If that''s what your team can achieve without you, just imagine what they might do with your support. For example, a few years ago the top executive team at UBS Wealth Management realized that the biggest constraint on their future growth was their cumbersome and conservative budgeting process.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Given that Apple presents itself as a “cutting-edge” organization, sensitive to the needs of a diverse workforce, why is there only one woman on its executive management team? Among these are: Women lack career ambition — “women just don’t want those high-stress jobs.”

Mentor 8

Mentor Self-aware Execution Peer Review 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

By “total health” we mean a culture that’s supportive of career, emotional, financial, physical and social well-being – not just an occasional road race. This, of course, takes time and support. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. Asking for help.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

We add additional criteria, screening for the ability to calibrate to a team environment. ” “Can you tell me about four people whose careers you have fundamentally improved?” ” “Describe a few of your peers at your company and what type of relationship you have with each of them.”

Politics 15

Politics Tactics Review Learning-by-Doing 15