Management Is All in the Timing
We have developed a framework for teaching executives about the importance of temporal perception in management. We’ve identified four temporal leadership types, depicting the degree to which a leader is high or low on both the preference for timeliness (the time urgency measure) and the preference for social synchrony. It also describes how important adhering to self-pacing versus group pacing is considered by different types … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Sally Blount, Sophie Leroy | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
Overcome Resistance to Change with Two Conversations
The biggest hurdle to effective organizational change is people. A core part of your job as a leader is to help others overcome the inherent, very human bias toward maintaining the status quo. You first need to identify who — that is, which individuals and groups — have the biggest potential to thwart positive change. Then you have to unstick them. Doing so begins with … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Sally Blount | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Change Management, Organizational Behavior