The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2021

The precise difference between managers and leaders has been a topic of discussion in the leadership community for many decades, and the conversations often reveal a clear preference for the seemingly sexier task of leadership over the bean-counting that so often encompasses managerial administration. Overvaluing leadership.

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Management Committee Comparison Leadership Development 125

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

If you think the challenges faced by Human Resource Management (HRM) today are unprecedented, think again. They introduced concepts like employee benefits, job security, and participation plans. Mayo recognized that workers were complex individuals, greatly influenced by the organizational structure around them.

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Human Resources Resources Management Mayo 116

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 23, 2021

Data suggests that during the pandemic we’ve been doing more work than ever before, as the removal of commuting and open office distractions have led to a surge in productivity. They also examined the factors that influence our ability and willingness to take microbreaks, and indeed what we tended to do during them.

Productivity 98

Productivity Products Short-term Energy 98

Mike Cardus

APRIL 21, 2024

Principle 1: People as Culturally Shaped Shapers Definition: This principle highlights that individuals are both products and producers of their cultural environments. Their cultural contexts influence them, but they also have the agency to effect change within them. Misalignment between the perceptions of management and employees.

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Definition Resistance Diversity Participative 78

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Acknowledge Their Influence Beyond the Company Highlight Community Engagement : Celebrate the company’s involvement in community projects or social initiatives. This could be through showcasing these activities in internal communications or dedicating a day for employees to participate in community service.

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Metrics Storytelling Morale Leadership Styles 195

CO2

DECEMBER 16, 2023

These can include enhanced leadership skills, better team performance, increased employee engagement, improved productivity, higher employee retention, and overall business growth. This dramatic return is reflected in various aspects of business performance, including productivity, employee satisfaction, and leadership efficiency.

Executive Coaching 148

Executive Coaching ROI Execution Self-aware 148

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Building a new product is a daunting task that requires the collaborative efforts of many people. Once the product-development stage concludes, a fancy marketing campaign is used to glamorize the team’s hard work, labor, and perseverance, ready to compete against other products of the same league. Pick a date.

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Productivity Products Planning Stage-Gate 81

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2024

Bystanders’ behaviors, whether offering help, doing nothing, or even participating in the harassment, can influence how the person experiencing harassment reacts. Understanding this and creating an inclusive and supportive environment is essential for a productive workforce.

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Self-aware Travel Training Participative 104

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2023

The harmful consequences of a society that lacks social connection can be felt in our schools, workplaces, and civic organizations, where performance, productivity, and engagement are diminished,” writes U.S. Behaviors are both learned from and reinforced by the groups we participate in and the communities we are a part of.

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Policies Competitive Advantage Media Health Care 195

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

While change management is sometimes couched as being all about “winning hearts and minds,” the truth is more nuanced: change comes with a cost — and is not necessarily positive for all stakeholders. Declining productivity. Lack of participation in meetings. Deploy influencers who can reduce resistance.

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Resistance Restructuring Survey Agility 274

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 2, 2020

Plants have a strong and enduring reputation as a positive influence on our mood and behavior, and so a recent Japanese study from the University of Hyogo should perhaps come as no surprise. Each participant was given one of six plants they could keep on their desk, including bonsai plants, foliage plants and air plants.

Hawthorne Effect 78

Hawthorne Effect Productivity Products Stress 78

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

They call it “addition sickness; the unnecessary rules, procedures, communication tools, and roles that seem to inexorably grow, stifling productivity and creativity.” Symptoms include being managed by e-mail , meeting mismanagement , and many other signs of busyness addictions. It’s an addiction.

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Focus Group Decentralization Objective Project 124

CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

Your success and satisfaction depends on numerous factors, many of which you can influence and control. According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), effective onboarding can increase employee retention by 25% and improve productivity by up to 50%. Does onboarding and early support really matter?

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Mentor Press Release Short-term Learning-by-Doing 246

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Research from Pepperdine University suggests that when managers become actively involved as volunteers in communities facing challenges, they have the potential to foster an environment of respect, advocacy, and collaboration. A staggering 92% of managers acknowledged experiencing personal growth through their participation in the program.

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Company Short-term Loyalty Long-term 86

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 20, 2016

What tools do you use to stay productive? There are two ways to participate…either submit a blog post on the topic, or your 1-2 sentence answer to the question. Click here to participate! One way John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement continues to learn is by reading posts of bloggers he follows.

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Tips Development White Paper Learning-by-Doing 319

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While cultural concerns around immigration cannot be dismissed, a considerable factor in many people’s desire for migration to be “managed” is around the economic impact immigrants have on their host community. Research from McMaster University explores how small and mid-sized towns in Canada manage it.

Policies 104

Policies Skills Education Participative 104

CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

Your success and satisfaction depends on numerous factors, many of which you can influence and control. According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), effective onboarding can increase employee retention by 25% and improve productivity by up to 50%. Does onboarding and early support really matter?

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Mentor Press Release Short-term Learning-by-Doing 227

Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

We all—most of us—manage our image. No matter what our line of work, status, or gender, all of us learn how to manage interpersonal risk early in life. Psychological safety makes it possible for other drivers of success (talent, ingenuity, diversity of thought) to be expressed in ways that influence how work gets done.”

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Organization Edmondson Emotional Intelligence Environment 308

Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Participating in office politics is essential, and that’s not a bad thing. Done well, it means influencing company culture and building your influence. It all comes down to being respected and noticed by others, and showing respect and appreciation in turn, in order to grow your influence with them.

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Skills Succession Politics Cooper 244

Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

We’ve had many leaders, managers and clients around the world approach us with different cross cultural leadership challenges including: “In my culture, we need sound and music to do our best, but my office is silent as a graveyard. This erosion of trust undermines team cohesion and can significantly affect morale and productivity.

Leadership 291

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Commitment Diversity 291

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2020

A common concern around the digital economy is the potential for the plentiful distractions available on the web to erode our productivity. New research highlights the various factors that can contribute to our procrastination, including poor time management and perfectionism.

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Stress Participative Insurance Cost 123

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2019

My organization, Booher Research Institute, recently commissioned a survey of email habits and productivity from the Social Research Lab at the University of Northern Colorado. In the earlier mentioned University of Northern Colorado (UNC) survey, a whopping 69 percent of the participants identified clutter as their biggest email problem.

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Survey Tactics Participative Report 221

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Off Balance: High IQ Leaders Often Have Lower EQ Many of our audience and workshop participants are STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) specialists who have been promoted to management positions because of their technical expertise. But, too often, STEMM leadership is an oxymoron.

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Cooper Workshop 97

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 9, 2023

Mental fatigue The consequences of mental fatigue are well documented, and the study examines whether things like multitasking, problem-solving, and intense focus can tire out the lPFC, which in turn influences the effectiveness of our decisions. Do prolonged cognitive tasks influence the supply of nutrients to the brain?

Chemicals 84

Chemicals Short-term Long-term Document 84

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Good, productive behavior that goes unnoticed tends to decrease over time. Pinpoint Focus on the behavior you are trying to influence, then set precise objectives of what needs to be done, by whom, and by what date. It takes time for a participative approach to get off the ground (have patience!),

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Motivation Team Objective Sports 150

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 1, 2012

Clearly, many managers are failing to connect people with the strategies they are emotionally prepared to support with their daily work. Employee engagement, and the participative management practices that go with it, are not a panacea for every business problem. You are managing change. How Leaders Encourage Engagement.

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Participative Energy Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 249

The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 25, 2023

In today’s modern workforce, it is crucial that organizations empower multidirectional influence by cultivating a culture of accountability. What we’re seeing in today’s organizations is that multidirectional influence and informal leadership are more important than ever.

Situational Leadership 52

Situational Leadership Hersey Leadership Compliance 52

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. Gossip destroys trust, undermines credibility, and is one of the greatest adversaries of a healthy corporate culture.

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Blog Reputation Participative Brand 419

The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Translated materials include participant materials, assessments and sustainment resources as well as the course presentation and videos with translated on-screen visuals and captions. For further information, contact: Suzie Bishop , Vice President of Product Development, suzie.bishop@situational.com.

Situational Leadership 52

Situational Leadership Hersey Leadership Globalization 52

The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

From Frederick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management to Chris Argyris and Immaturity-Maturity Theory, the Situational Leadership ® process integrates the contributions of the most prominent researchers of leadership and human motivation. If leadership is an “attempt to influence,” then trust is “influence potential.”

Situational Leadership 52

Situational Leadership Leadership Argyris Influence 52

Decker Communication

MARCH 3, 2021

It digs deep into the obstacles around communication, productivity, and fairness companies will face in making the hybrid work environment supportive of everyone, as part of your team returns to the office and the other remains remote. Here’s some food for thought as you begin to tackle these challenges: Productivity Decline.

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Environment Participative Productivity Products 107

Mike Cardus

JUNE 21, 2011

Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond… An Interactive Workshop. This session engages participants to: Enhance workplace productivity. Learn to recognize patterns that influence workplace attitudes and expectations. to download a pdf description of this program click here….

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Workshop Henderson Management Diversity 127

The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Managers just like you are putting their plans on pause, and training programs are often among the first line items cut. The ability to sell high-quality products and services to clients is key and is directly affected by employee productivity. The more engaged employees are the more productive they are.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 96

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2012

Working + Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y & Beyond…An Interactive Workshop. “I Outcomes: This session engages participants to: Enhance workplace productivity. Develop Managerial Action plans to increase the Trust , Team-Work , Effectiveness and Productivity of Multi-Generational Work Teams.

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Management Workshop Webinar Audience 94

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 22, 2012

I recently participated in two very different but similar meetings. The meeting participants were energetic and courteous. I discovered that even though my values and opinions remained basically the same, my influence with my new friends increased. Because their influence is felt, their leadership is more highly regarded.

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Open-book Diversity Learning-by-Doing Influence 258

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

This could mean serving as an angel investor and participating in business development or offering funds as a friend or family member. There is power in the pocketbook with women driving $7 trillion in consumer and business spending as well as influencing 85% of all consumer purchase decisions. Use Buying Power. Start a Business.

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Conference Mentor Participative Brainstorming 218

Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

In the midst of managing these exponential leaps in technology, there is a war for talent. They report that just over 30 percent of participants are engaged (love their jobs), 16 percent are actively disengaged (miserable and destroying what others are building), and 51 percent are not engaged (they’re just there). Listen deeply.

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How To Technology Mentor Learning-by-Doing 229