Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Sensors are used to make products, infrastructure, and environments, more intelligent and more responsive to human needs. Smart objects and wearable devices bristle with sensors. Sensors coordinate the activities of humans and machines as they work together, semi-automating business processes.

Innovation 266

Innovation Supply Chain Technology Wireless 266

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Why did I need to keep saying it then?” ” Last week I wrote about our basic human need to be appreciated and recognized. Numerous managers realize that need and at least try to provide some sort of recognition. Unless people feel under-compensated, money shows up further down the list of motivational factors.

Incentives 114

Incentives Motivation Human Resources Banking 114

Engaging Leader

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

However, the tech research firm Gartner made headlines in late 2012 when it predicted that 80% of current gamified applications would fail to meet business objectives — due to poor design, ineffective communication, or ill-defined business objectives.

McClelland 159

McClelland Arkes Business Objectives Maslow 159

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2016

in Human Resource Management from the University of Charleston. Mary has always been fascinated by the human dynamic at work. Human relationships, motivation, and human needs like appreciation, belonging and making a meaningful contribution have been high on her list. Mary has a B.S.

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Human Resources Resources Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2018

One of the most consistently demoralizing experiences my coaching clients report is having to work in conditions that constrain their performance to a level well below their potential — for example, overwhelming workload, conflicting objectives, unclear expectations, inadequate resources, and lack of managerial support.

Stress 8

Stress Long-term Short-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

Yet when we look at how corporate money is spent on social objectives, there is no evidence that education is being prioritized. But as good managers have discovered in so many realms of human need, pure philanthropy is not the only means for addressing social challenges.

GDP 8

GDP Education Finance Globalization 8

CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

If you aren’t having one on ones with your team, you’re missing out on an incredible motivating, problem solving, pressure relieving opportunity to help and grow your team. Greater improvement and objectivity is gained when the leader focuses on how the results are achieved. You cannot influence a number or historical result.

Management 130

Management Blanchard Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 130