Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Based on thousands of years of practice, mindfulness techniques enable people to manage their attention, improve their awareness, and sharpen their focus and clarity. To help resist an automatic impulse to hit the reply button, consider these three quick tips: Turn off all email notifications, including pop-up windows, alarms, and ring tones.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Strategy Covey 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

In order to make our success sustainable, we decided to roll out a new “leadership model” for our middle- and upper-level managers. We focused on the soft qualities that managers often overlook in their zeal for short-term results. But we knew all this was just a starting point. ” Learning.

Resistance 8

Resistance Long-term Short-term Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Start with a survey. Here are six ways to change that. At the storage and software company EMC Corp.,

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

When church leaders “used” artists for their own narrow agenda, the artists resisted or left. Surveys and reports are extremely useful, but sometimes a cup of coffee with a front-line employee can tell an HR leader just as much, and sometimes more, than an expensive research study. Most never returned.

Human Resources 158

Human Resources Loyalty Project Long-term 158

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Whether the questions raised are about police officers’ use of force, politicians’ use of email, or managers’ use of compensation, the answer is the same: more transparency. Too much transparency can spark resistance. Managers can reap the benefits of transparency while minimizing its risks by doing four things.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Now Stefan was the head of the consultancy's South Asia and Middle East business, and Caroline was its global human resources director. And those employee survey results are abysmal.". That had actually been his suggestion, but Aparna hadn't resisted. "I He's seen the employee survey results," Aparna said.

Case Study 8

Case Study Consultative McKinsey Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

This may sound obvious, but it was in sharp contrast to typical patterns in the pharma industry of recruiting from within, resistance to new thinking, and sclerotic bureaucratic structures. Roivant’s second innovation initiative was to forcefully inject an openness to fresh thinking and outside practices.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

We can transform the way people work to achieve change on a mass level, and every manager can encourage sustainability by making one modification that would benefit the environment. At TIAA-CREF, managers were initially concerned about performance issues with employees working remotely. People resist disrupting the status quo.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Cost Bottom-up Participative 8

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

As an ex-ad man and a lifelong aficionado of great creative, whether it is art or copy, I could not resist the urge to check it out. Hangovers notwithstanding, the next morning at the crack of ten ‘o’ clock we’d reconvene in our work-room and sit quietly surveying the fruits of our labor. To resist the urge to self-censor.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Does this stalled revolution play out in management positions, too? To explore this, I used data on full-time managers obtained from the U.S. Women’s representation in management is higher than it’s ever been. Women’s representation in management is higher than it’s ever been. And if so, how?

Management 9

Management Real Estate Human Resources Diversity 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

I saw this first hand while researching the hiring practices of top-tier investment banks, management consulting firms, and law firms. One banking recruitment manager summarized the typical approach this way: I’m just being really honest, it [an application] pretty much goes into a black hole.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8