HIROKAZU JIKE/Getty Images Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Summary. According to the Peter Principle, organizations manage careers so that everyone “rises to the level of their incompetence.” To test how this theory might actually play out, a team of researchers examined sales managers and their employees in 214 firms. Sales is an […]
Cactus Creative Studio/Stocksy Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Print Summary. Organizations benefit from actively fostering kindness. In workplaces where acts of kindness become the norm, the spillover effects can multiply fast. When people receive an act of kindness, they pay it back, research shows — and not just to the same person, but often to […]
Summary. Trust is the basis for almost everything we do. It’s the foundation on which our laws and contracts are built. It’s the reason we’re willing to exchange our hard-earned paychecks for goods and services, to pledge our lives to another person in marriage, and to cast a ballot for someone who will represent our […]
Krittiraj Adchasai/Getty Images Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Print Summary. If you’re worried that your employees are eyeing the door, it’s time to start having some important career-defining conversations. In this piece, executive coach Susan Peppercorn outlines five questions to start asking your direct reports so that you can get a better sense of how […]
Paul Taylor/Getty Images Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Print Summary. Managers are often at a loss as to how to effectively motivate uninspired employees. Research indicates that managers first should identify the reason for an employee’s lack of motivation before applying a targeted strategy. These reasons fall into four categories called motivation traps. Namely, these […]
Nathalie Lees Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Summary. Few organizations provide strong guidance or training for managers on meeting individually with their employees, but the author’s research shows that managers who don’t hold these meetings frequently enough or who manage them poorly risk leaving their team members disconnected, both functionally […]
Klawe Rzeczy Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Print Summary. Until recently, coaching was considered primarily a one-on-one practice. But no matter how effective employees are on their own, they can only contribute to the real power of the collective if their managers provide them with coaching as a group. In this practice, which the authors […]
Yaroslav Danylchenko/Stocksy Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Summary. Burnout is on the rise: Google searches for the phrase “burnout symptoms” hit an all-time high in May 2022. To address this, the authors have designed a series of 18 questions, tied to the six causes of burnout, that managers can use […]
Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Leer en español Ler em português Warren Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, Roger Lowenstein (New York: Random House, 1995). Roger Lowenstein begins his new biography of Warren Buffett with a disclaimer. He reveals […]
Anton Vierietin/Getty Images Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Print Summary. Too often team meetings feel draining. But what if they accelerated the progress they often stifle? Managers can take a page from the startup world, where “mastermind meetings” are all the rage. Entrepreneurs routinely sign five-figure checks for the privilege of joining other founders and […]
