Category: Management, Supervision & Leadership
Three Lenses of Effective Leadership
Leadership is a complex and multifaceted activity that requires a combination of skills, traits, perspectives, and behaviors. In this article, we look at leadership through three different lenses: personality, emotion and social awareness.
Thirty Tips for Leaders
The best “Top Ten” lists are fun because they are informative and educational AND easy to absorb. So, in this article, we review THREE Top 10 lists related to leadership, for a total of 30 tips.
Factors in Designing a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Program
Organizations continue to recognize the benefits of a diverse team: broader talent pools, deeper dialogue, more holistic views of the customer perspective, and more complete decision-making. To better define and implement diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, organizations are conducting assessments, bringing in training and implementing changes on both systemic and personal levels.
Learning from a Hybrid Team: A Case Study in Transition
When the pandemic hit, the team went fully remote, quickly establishing procedures and processes to work fully from home. The organization also altered its business model to meet the new emerging needs of its customers, and started to expand.
Hybrid Teams: Finding Your Cadence
After three years of change and learning in the pandemic, many organizations, managers and employees are cautiously asking whether we truly have reached some type of “new normal.” While no one can be sure what happens next, it is a good time to check in with how you and your organization are doing with respect to hybrid teams.
Three Key Dimensions of Organizational Goals
Organizational goal planning is a common activity that can happen any time of the year – but the New Year is a particularly good time for teams to regroup and reassess. In this article, we provide a quick reminder of the general process involved in organizational planning, and then focus on the content of the goals themselves.
Setting Organizational Goals: A Framework
We often think of New Year’s resolutions in personal terms – thinking about and writing down goals or activities we would like to achieve and do in the coming months and year. It is also a good time for organizations to engage in developing or refining organizational goals, either to mark the start of the new year or a new quarter.
Leading Yourself and Respecting Others Into the New Year
Good leaders and managers know you can’t lead others until you know and can effectively lead yourself. Understanding your own strengths and development needs helps you both respect yourself, and lead others. This article focuses both on leadership and developing a culture of respect as we close out the year and look towards new beginnings.
Four Practical Ways to Celebrate Global Diversity Awareness Month
In a separate article, we focused on what Global Diversity Awareness month is and why and how organizations can use it to strategically initiate or reevaluate Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. In this article, we focus on concrete and practical activities that any team, organization or individual can implement to jumpstart this work and celebrate the month.
Building Global Diversity Awareness in Your Organization
There are many diversity-focused weeks and months throughout the year – many focusing on the uniqueness of a specific group or characteristic, or a different source of diversity. In October, we celebrate Global Diversity Awareness Month.