Attention, Class!!! 16 Ways to Be a Smarter Teacher
In an economy filled with surprise and uncertainty, being an effective leader means being a good teacher. But how do you lead and teach at the same time? Who are your most important students? And what about recess?
Content: Article | Author: Chuck Salter | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Management | Industry: Education / Training
A Culture of Teamwork From an Employee’s View
Trust and Respectometer
How Coaching Can Enhance Your Brand As A Manager
“Managers who coach their employees become known as good managers to work for, developers of talent, and achievers of business results. They also become better leaders in the process. The average manager, however, doesn’t coach, believing it would take too much time or be a waste of effort. Such barriers, however are more psychological than real, and represent an expression of the status quo. The … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: James M. Hunt, Joseph Weintraub | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Management, Personal Development
Think You Manage Creativity? Here’s Why You’re Wrong
The rational rules of management don’t apply when it comes to fostering creative types. In this Harvard Business Review excerpt, the author explains why you should, among other things, encourage creative workers to defy superiors.
Content: Article | Author: Robert I. Sutton | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Management
Employee Suggestions Contribute to the Bottom Line
Many organizations have seen the effectiveness of an employee suggestion program. It can be a positive force to motivate, improve performance, productivity, safety, and add to the bottom line.
Content: Article | Author: Freda Turner, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
Five-Point Plan Can Keep Businesses Going
Business-continuity plans must address five major points, say consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers: facilities, people, connectivity, information technology, and supply-chain issues. Just as important, they’ve got to do so succinctly, or people won’t read them.
Content: Article | Author: Eric Chabrow | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management
Training and Development Matrix
Failure: The Dreaded Word in CEOs’ Lexicon
“CEOs are highly capable individuals. They are efficient managers of execution, are team and consensus builders, and are futurists. They recognize changes and adapt to them, they rise to the challenge and lead their team to bravely tide over crises. But more importantly, CEOs are humans. And humans fail a lot.”
Content: Article | Author: Jahna SR | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management
Training and Development Matrix w/ Inclusion Behavior
I Know What You Mean. And I Can’t Do Anything About It
What is the Big Lie of the Information Age? That knowledge is power…
Content: Article | Author: Michael Schrage | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Management
Letting the Air Out of Celebrity Leaders
As the economy slows, companies are finally realizing that cultivating leaders from within makes sense.
Content: Article | Author: Joshua Macht | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Leadership, Management
Tom Peters
We got it right when we said that we were in search of excellence. Not competitive advantage. Not economic growth. Not market dominance or strategic differentiation. Not maximized shareholder value. Excellence…Search of Excellence — even the title — is a reminder that business isn’t dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers.
Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, People
Clayton M. Christensen
professor at Harvard, founder of Innosight (consulting company), and author of popular business book, The Innovator’s Dilemma
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Inc.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training
Leading Up: How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win
Content: Book | Author: Michael Useem | Subjects: Leadership, Management
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
Executives talk a good game about managing customer relationships. But then why do many companies persist in money-losing arrangements? Time to become proactive, says Harvard Business School professor Narakesari Narayandas.
Content: Article | Author: Peter K. Jacobs | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Customer Related, Management
The Foundation: Mission, Vision and Values
What’s our mission? Vision? Values? Leaders find simple, clear and compelling answers to these questions. The answers have a profound influence on what employees think, say and do. These three building blocks are vital to establishing an effective organization.
Content: Article | Author: Paul B. Thornton | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management
Are cultural differences in Europe on the decline?
Don’t let the title fool you – this is an excellent article for those who are not even especially interested in Europe. That is because it offers a good overview of the work of Professor Geert Hofstede, who between 1967 and 1973 surveyed over 100,000 IBM employees in 49 different countries about their preferences in terms of work-related values. The result was a … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Odd Nordhaug, Paul Gooderham | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: International – Europe, Management
Revolution Can Fail the People
“Managers tended to improve performance little by little, building towards a larger goal. Progress was slow and steady until the company reached a point where it could break away from its competitors. ‘Revolutionary results do not come through revolutionary processes,’ says Mr. James Collins (noted author). ‘Revolution can look as if it is delivering results in the short term – like steroids for an athlete … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Simon London | Source: Financial Times | Subject: Management
Mach One – Managing Yourself and Others
Here is an interesting series of articles by Professor Rick Roskin, of Memorial University in Canada. They are based upon his research on the subject of management style, which he calls Mach One. It is powerful but simple to remember, being based on an analogy with traffic lights – red, amber, green.
Editor’s Note: An interesting extension of this model would be its usefulness in … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Rick Roskin | Source: TheWorkingManager.com | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior