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Don’t Overlook This Critical Skill When Interviewing Executives
Decision-making is a skill that companies can and should strengthen among their managers and executives, given the financial ...
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Research: Performance Reviews That Actually Motivate Employees
Performance reviews are an important tool to help managers and organizations motivate and engage their workforce.
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Boost Your Team’s Productivity by Hiring Force Multipliers
Studies have shown that in many companies, a handful of people generate the most value, and yet many companies operate with a “hire to grow” mentality, believing that increasing headcount drives ...
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When a Performance Improvement Plan Could Help Your Employee
Do you have an underperforming employee who has been falling short of your standards recently? Have they caused a string of performance failures, such as missed deadlines, gotten poor customer ...
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3 Ways to Temper Your Hypervigilance at Work
Hypervigilance is a heightened state of awareness — your brain’s way of protecting you by scanning the environment for signs ...
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To Help Your Team Learn, Set Them Up for Productive Failure
Productive failure drives employee learning and growth by embedding failure into learning tasks, for example by using ...
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Younger Women’s Experiences Show Gender Equity at Work Isn’t Inevitable
A new report suggests that not only are the experiences of women under 30 similar to those of women 50 and older — in some ways, they’re worse. In recent decades, women’s labor force ...
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Research: The Rules of Using Playful Nicknames at Work
From Jack Welch’s well-known moniker “Neutron Jack” to former Washington Post CEO Katherine Graham’s sobriquet “Kate the Great,” nicknames abound in the modern workplace. According to ...
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When the World Is Too Distracting — and It Feels Impossible to Work
How do you stay focused when every news alert makes your stomach drop? When should you check the headlines, and when should you step away? How do you support your team members whose attention is ...
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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
A conversation with INSEAD professor Renée Mauborgne on how to spot a nondisruptive market opportunity and evaluate its potential. Disruptive innovation has proven to be such a powerful idea ...
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How Does Dignity Fit Into Your Leadership?
Dignity violations are common in the modern workplace. Michael Pirson is the James Stoner Chaired Professor of Global Sustainability and Humanistic Management at Fordham University. He is the ...
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Should Your Business Take a Stand on Societal Issues?
Former Best Buy chairman and CEO Hubert Joly discusses his leadership case study. What’s the best way to determine whether or not your business should engage on potentially controversial ...