Chart Your Course

JANUARY 7, 2013

Employees are happier when they have control over their work and are not micromanaged. A survey of employees’ concerns or gripes can provide great insight into what management can do to improve its corporate culture. Plus, upper management can benefit from mentoring. Poll the ranks. Poll the ranks. Communicate.

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Absenteeism Mentor Human Resources Micromanagement 198

HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

It can be used to identify the risks that workers face today, which should be acknowledged and recognized by both HR and management. Artificial intelligence is considered today to be the most creative and promising field for workforce management. People Analytics.

How To 111

How To Due Diligence Leadership Pipeline Stress 111

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Whether you’re the platoon commander of an Army Infantry Patrol, or the Director of Human Resources, you’re still a leader. If you micromanage, you’ll have employees that wait for instructions every step of the way and will not use their own resources. This is a fine line to walk as a leader.

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Management Stage-Gate Ethics Marketing 150

Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

In a grand example of the breakdown between management and workers, Hostess Brands recently declared bankruptcy after failed negotiations with its striking workers. The incident incited a host of postmortem commentaries placing blame on poor management or unreasonable unions. Here are nine traits that innovative leaders share.

Leadership 100

Leadership Micromanagement Delegation Loyalty 100

Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2011

However, when performed together, your department, plant or organization will be transformed into a sophisticated retention machine that will be the envy of your fellow managers or competitors. The following are several must-do actions items for retaining the high-value human assets you’ve worked so hard to acquire: Start at the top!

Learning-by-Doing 50

Learning-by-Doing Open-book Training Micromanagement 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

These high-performing health systems offered a key insight: To sustain change, you need a strong strategy for engaging and standardizing the work of frontline managers. Most organizations standardize work for managers by testing it on a small scale in one pilot unit. Standardizing work processes is a concept from lean management.).

Health Care 11

Health Care System Metrics Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

A high level of trust between managers and employees defines the best workplaces and drives overall company performance and revenue. Over my many years of helping organizations create high-performance workplaces, I’ve seen firsthand how untrustworthy managers damage morale and productivity. As Stephen M.

Policies 15

Policies Micromanagement Reference Covey 15