Are You Ready for a Crucial Employee to Have a Health Crisis?
Organizations should train executives to factor in contingency planning when making staffing decisions such as layoffs and elimination of positions.
Perils of the Compartmentalizing Bureaucrat-Technocrat
Rules and data only take you so far as a manager. The other half is compassionate communication—even when the all-important rules don’t require it.
How Much Should Testing Count During the Hiring Process?
I was shocked to find the results of a logic test were considered more important than my 20-plus years of successful work experience and my demonstrated knowledge and alignment during the job interview.
“Why Didn’t You Just Pick Up the Phone?”
An overreliance on social media networks and an overload of virtual meetings seem to be overcompensation for a workplace that lacks substantive connection among lonely employees.
Training Employees to Communicate Up
Employees need to understand how to initiate and lead an establishing conversation with a new manager about expectations, roles, and processes.
Defining Meaningful Workplace Conversations
Training managers (and all employees) on meaningful communication may be just what your organization needs to avoid confusion and a demoralized workforce.
Can You Manipulation-Proof Your Executives?
It's important to train budding leaders to fend off aggressive employees pushing their own agendas while lifting up the softer but equally valuable voices they manage.
Your Organization’s Seabiscuits
Keep an eye out for less likely “high-potentials” employees, who, like famous racehorse Seabiscuit, could turn out to be your greatest winners with the right training.
Defusing Workplace Conflict
Training employees on how to turn around bad interpersonal situations.
Are Your Employees Trained to Be Future Focused?
Organizations need to train employees to look ahead and also to provide a culture that encourages the fearless sharing of future-focused ideas.