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5 Everyday Strategic Habits for HR and People Ops Pros
Research shows strategic thinking is the leadership behavior that most drives organizational success. This sought-after skill helps you anticipate challenges, make a bigger impact, and achieve better results without veering into burnout mode. Make strategic thinking part of your routine with these five habits from our management training workshops. And share them to turn strategic thinking into a team habit!
4 Proven Steps for Building a New Manager Training Program
You likely already know the impact managers have on how things play out at work. It’s huge! Yet when it comes to advocating for manager training – especially for new managers – you need solid evidence and a strong plan. Get the inside scoop on how to make sure new managers are set up for success.
How to Increase Organizational Resilience Through Adaptive Goal-Setting
In part 3 of our Organizational Resilience blog series, we explore the second pillar of organizational resilience: goal adaptation. Resilient companies know how to adapt their goals – those measurable results – to align with new challenges while staying true to their broader idea of success.
AI and Leadership: 3 Must-Have Skills for Leaders in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
With its twists and turns, many find themselves wondering what skills are required in the artificial intelligence era to stay on track. While tech-driven capabilities like prompt communication, fact-checking, and machine learning are valuable tools, your people-centric leadership skills are the real key to a smooth ride
Management Skills: How to Give Constructive Feedback in the Workplace
In this blog, we share the core of those teachings. You get a deep dive into how to give effective feedback, examples of great feedback, and three steps that can immediately help you deliver any difficult message well.
Super-learning: The little-known skill that makes all the difference
Outworking gave way to outsmarting and now things are shifting again. here’s a new skill that companies desperately need but most don’t even know about.
Stop making everyone a manager: How to avoid the poor-fit pitfall
A manager role isn’t the more “advanced” version of an independent contributor role.
Do your managers even have time to Manage?: Capacity planning for manager effectiveness
Has your company carved out sufficient time for your managers to actually do their jobs well?
Core manager skills: Skills that make the biggest difference in the shortest time
Experience is simply not enough.
Manager standards: The secret to accelerating manager excellence
Set a small number of behavioral ‘standards’ that all managers, including executives, commit to upholding.
Measuring manager effectiveness: How to evaluate and accelerate manager success
The need for effective managers has shifted from nice-to-have to really, absolutely, definitely must-have.
Manager job description: A surprising driver of organizational success
Companies must rely on their managers now more than ever. Improving role clarity yields a massive ROI.
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