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“I’m Not Listening!: The Best Way to Get Your Team to Hear Your Feedback

Let's Grow Leaders

“John” and I had spent the better part of the hour talking about what her direct report, “Janis,” needed to be a more effective manager. Bless her heart, Janis had a hard time accepting feedback. “Oh, well, what feedback have you received about your management style? At least not yet.

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Subway Franchisees Fined $218K for Illegally Pocketing Employees’ Tips

HR Digest

The franchisees, namely Jani Enterprises Inc., “This Subway owners and managers willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by underpaying employees and pocketing tips that did not belong to them,” stated Thomas Silva, the district director of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division in Seattle. Keeyarah Enterprises Inc.,

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Your Voice of Encouragement: Integrity - Keep Your Word and Honor.

Your Voice of Encouragement

You are all youve got.&# - Janis Joplin “You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.&# - Pearl Buck Posted by Meredith Bell at 10:00 AM Labels: Encouragement Videos , Honor Promises , Integrity , Keep Your Word , Trust 4comments: itconsultgrowth said.

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How to Avoid Groupthink and Let Your Employees Truly Shine

HR Digest

Psychology Today suggests that the term was first defined by Yale psychologist Irving Janis in a 1971 issue of the magazine. Delving into matters of decision-making under stress, Janis strived to understand whether people were truly capable of ignoring their internal concerns in order to be one with the group.

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How John F. Kennedy Changed Decision Making for Us All

Harvard Business Review

For that, he leaves a huge legacy in management. Yale psychologist Irving Janis used the debacle to coin the term “groupthink,” which refers to a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives. Crisis management Decision making Government'

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How One Hospital Improved Patient Handoffs for the Long Term

Harvard Business Review

Janis Christie/Getty Images. The problem is two-fold: first, hospital administrators and managers struggle to effectively implement these tools. To fix this, in 2012 hospital administrators and managers implemented TeamSTEPPS , a commonly used set of evidence-based strategies and tools (e.g., Adopting a more systematic process.

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Three Tips For Overcoming Your Blind Spots

Harvard Business Review

But we’re re-telling the story here because the professor’s first response reveals two failings all too common in managers. But how do managers work actively to fight weaknesses of which, by definition, they are insufficiently aware? Decision making Leadership Managing yourself'

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