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Unfortunately, so often when people try to motivate others they take responsibility rather than helping the person find responsibility themselves.

Content: Quotation | Author: Richard Ryan | Source: University of Rochester | Subjects: Management, Motivation, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior

There are 10 gender “impact zones” that need to be addressed in order to accelerate progress toward gender parity.

Content: Article | Authors: Anu Madgavkar, Kweilin Ellingrud, Mekala Krishnan | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Human Resources, Women in Business

Professor David Lewin says incentives make sense for all employees.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: David Lewin | Source: UCLA | Subjects: Compensation, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

I think a good way to think about agility is the ability of a company to strike a balance between their “explorative endeavors” (innovation, R&D, entering new markets) and their day-to-day focus on execution and meeting their margins—what we could call their “exploitative side.” These so-called “ambidextrous organizations” are able to exploit their current position while keeping their eyes focused on their external environment, reacting … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Ioannis Ioannou | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they face a critical deficit: They lack people in positions of power with the know-how, experience, and confidence required to tackle what management scientists call “wicked problems.” Such problems can’t be solved by a single command, they have causes that seem incomprehensible and solutions that seem uncertain, and they … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: David Lancefield, Jessica Leitch, Mark Dawson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Strategy

Questions are a great management tool.

Asking questions elicits information, of course. Asking questions creates the space for people to raise issues they are worried about that a boss, or colleagues, may not know about. Asking questions lets people tell a different story than the one you’re expecting. Most important from my perspective, asking questions means people have to make their case for the way they … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Brian Grazer | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

The fear of being a fool is stronger than the hope of being a genius. So we tend to shy away from non-consensus moves, because we understand the world will look at our errors as if we’re a complete idiot.

Content: Quotation | Author: William P. Barnett | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior

Many commentators suggest that gender diversity in the corporate boardroom improves company performance because of the different points of view and experience it offers. However, rigorous, peer-reviewed academic research paints a different picture. Despite the intuitive appeal of the argument that gender diversity on the board improves company performance, research suggests otherwise.

Results of numerous academic studies of the topic suggest that the presence of more … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Katherine Klein | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Women in Business

Leaders also have to understand that group decision making falls into two distinct steps, which require different approaches. In the first step — identifying solutions — divergence is necessary. The group has to be encouraged to explore boundaries, search broadly, and expand its thinking in order to find the best options for the problem at hand. But the second step, in which the group selects … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Cass R. Sunstein, Ken Favaro, Reid Hastie | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Decision Making, Management, Organizational Behavior, Teamwork

If stepping into a new leadership role has you feeling a little nervous, multiply that feeling by ten to estimate the apprehension rippling through your new team. While you may be wondering whether you are up for the challenge, the people anticipating your arrival are wondering, “What’s going to happen to me?”

As you manage first impressions, existential anxiety can be paralyzing to the workforce. So … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Karen Cates | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

… what attracts human attention is change. […] if the temperature around you changes, if the phone rings — that gets your attention. The way in which a story begins is a starting event that creates a moment of change.

Content: Quotation | Author: Robert McKee | Source: Medium | Subjects: Attention, Marketing / Sales, Personality / Behavior

Professor Samuel Culbert says a good working relationship is a two-way street.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Samuel Culbert | Source: UCLA | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Narcissists can be disastrous for groups and organizations alike, because they typically want complete transformation even when the system is not broken. But when those narcissists are communal, it can temper much of the downside of narcissism. Instead of avoiding narcissists, organizations may be better served in selecting the right type of narcissist. Our research suggests that finding communal narcissists could bring the best of … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Randall S. Peterson | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior, Teamwork

Narcissists can be valuable when change is necessary and systemic, but more trouble than they’re worth at almost any other time.

Content: Quotation | Author: Randall S. Peterson | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior

Feedback is very useful for telling us “where we are.” In my experience, there are a hundred wrong ways to ask for feedback and one right way. Most of us know the wrong ways. We ask people, “What do you think of me?” “How do you feel about me?” “What do you hate about me?” or “What do you like about me?” Think about your … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

How pervasive is bureaucracy in your organization? How much time and energy does it suck up? To what extent does it undermine resilience and innovation? Which processes are more trouble than they’re worth? To find out, take the assessment below. At the end of it, you’ll see how your results compare to other readers’.

Content: Article | Author: Gary Hamel | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

Content: Quotation | Author: Ingvar Kamprad | Subjects: Achievement, Career, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Success / Failure

our approach to prediction seems stuck in the past. Most business forecasts fail to include measurable outcomes and are not recorded, so it is hard to know if we are even getting better at them.

Research from organizational psychologist Philip Tetlock, the co-author of Superforecasting, suggests an alternative. Studying forecasting tournaments where anonymous experts predicted future events, Tetlock found that some forecasters could … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Danny Hernandez | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Decision Making, Management, Productivity / Work Tips

People want guidance, not rhetoric; they need to know what the plan of action is and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and the authority to act on it.

Content: Quotation | Author: Howard Schultz | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Engagement is often an ambiguous term. Depending on how it’s measured, engagement could represent job satisfaction, emotional investment in the cause, willingness to invest discretionary effort, or advocating for the company as a good place to work. While many studies suggest that increased employee engagement leads to improved business results in aggregate, a deeper look at the data suggests that this may not always be … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Ryan Fuller | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior