LSA Global

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Team Interdependence for Higher Performance: How to Foster Collaboration Many people believe that placing a group of high performers together will result in high performance. Is the strategy and culture aligned enough for the team to succeed? Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

In our book Time, Talent and Energy , we note that when employees aren’t as productive as they could be, it’s usually the organization, not its employees, that is to blame. Many corporate cultures require collaboration far beyond what is needed to get the job done. Executives can also work on culture and coaching.

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LSA Global

JUNE 20, 2024

How to Create Space for Professional Growth Are you too busy at work to set aside time to learn and grow? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may need to figure out how to create space for professional growth. Manage Time Effectively Effective time management is crucial for creating space for professional growth.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2018

They talk through how to advance in your job when you’re not in the building, deal with a problematic colleague you never see, and manage teams in other offices. Listen to more episodes and find out how to subscribe on the Dear HBR: page. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone? To gain some perspective on how to handle this kind of challenge, I reached out to some management experts for their point of view on the skills and personalities to look for. Is It Time to Quit Your Job?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2017

How to Negotiate for Vacation Time. According to the same study, half of senior leaders believe vacation is encouraged by their company culture, but only 30% of non-managers say the same thing. You and Your Team Series. The Data-Driven Case for Vacation. Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan. Ed O’Brien.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Through teamwork you learn how to assert your position and also how compromise in all areas where a decision needs to be made: separating roles and responsibilities, selecting fonts and graphics to use in a presentation, creating a meeting agenda, deciding on a meeting place and time, you get the idea. Time management.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. To change this worrisome trajectory, you need to get creative about how to get your team members to take vacation. How to Negotiate for Vacation Time. Yup, they are blaming you (what’s new?).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Moving between teams, you probably also need to adjust to different roles — you might be the boss on one but a junior member of another, for example — which changes not only your level of accountability but also your ability to juggle resources when a crunch time hits. You and Your Team Series. Staying Focused. Srini Pillay.

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LSA Global

APRIL 5, 2021

Culture’s Role in Business Success We know from our organizational alignment research that workplace culture – how work gets done – accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies. But how to you make culture change stick because, simply put, culture matters.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Bottom-line, companies with people-first culture led by Servant Leadership principles outperform their competitors. Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Included training in team meetings.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Right now I’m halfway through The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , by Stephen Greenblatt. Its story of a bibliomaniac who unearths an ancient poem, cracking opening the cultural door to the Renaissance, has inspired me with a creative way to write about a risk capital project that’s due later this week.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

So people learn how to work together and so everyone learns the insides of the product. Reduce the organization's WIP (Work in Progress) by managing the project portfolio. See Manage Your Project Portfolio. ). You will have an easier time managing the project portfolio. In any culture or lifecycle.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Companies that Exemplify the Value of a Great Coach A handful of companies do an outstanding job of creating a positive culture through coaching. Here are ten notable examples: Google: Google is renowned for its robust coaching culture. Avoid making assumptions based on cultural or demographic factors.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Benefits of Management Teams. Management teams help the organization in many ways: Management teams reduce overall decision time. Individual managers reduce their cycle time. Managers can remove organizational impediments that cross teams. Your management teams don’t need to be formal.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Teams need to figure out how to manage their WIP, collaborate with the customer, and deliver something small every day. If the managers don't change their behaviors, a team cannot sustain any agile approach. What we can discuss.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2017

When we travel to a country that has a different culture than ours, many of us spend time learning ways to communicate and connect with the people there. Similarly, when you first become a manager, it’s helpful to spend time up front connecting and creating a common language with your team. Marion Barraud for HBR.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Their time also depended on her choices. We all make choices, every day, about how to spend our time. Most of our decisions are small, but over time they add up, and eventually they become decisions about how we’re spending our lives — and our work lives. Expectations. Reward the right behaviors.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Promotion to Management and How to Develop New People Leaders While being promoted to a management role is exciting, many first time people leaders are dismayed by how difficult it can be to lead, manage, and coach teams of people with different roles, skills, attitudes, and desires.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

When you learn how to successfully innovate in your startup, you can potentially catapult your business to new levels of success. This is a time management technique that involves working for an allocated number of minutes before taking a break. Areas for Innovation. Another strategy to use is the Pomodoro technique.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

The other, Joseph, saw how Brittney’s skill in doing this not only made Brittney happier but also changed our whole company culture to be more supportive of working parents. Knowing where everybody stands will provide you with the information you need to make the best choice about how to move forward with your career.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings. 5 Ways Meetings Get Off Track, and How to Prevent Each One. It might be a bit of a culture shock at first, but all the overwhelmed people with 35 hours a week of meetings will quickly admire your discipline. Whatever the reason, sometimes you need to decline a meeting invite.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

In the absence of guidelines, the organization had evolved into an always-on culture with communication taking place 24/7 – and across multiple platforms. Yours may look different depending on your collaboration tools, goals, and culture. The following is what was developed. Communication Guidelines. Do I need to attend this meeting?

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2023

And new leaders quickly learn that they need to behave differently from how they excelled as an individual contributor. The challenge is to learn quickly how to successfully transition as a new leader. The Bottom Line Transitioning to manager is rarely easy. The challenge to do it right comes with the new title.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

Fit Interviews are all about showing your compatibility with a firm’s working environment and culture. Recall what I have mentioned many times, management consulting firms are assessing candidates for their Leadership, Achievement, and Problem Solving skills. Describe the actions YOU took and explain why you took those actions.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Done right, management training is a critical component of leadership development because it equips managers with the skills and insights necessary to lead, manage, and coach their teams to higher performance. So, when is the best time for management training? They are treated fairly. —

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2025

Leading, Managing, and Coaching We know from sales leadership simulation assessment data that great sales managers lead, manage, and coach their teams to perform at their peak. Effective sales management ensures that everyone is accountable to the defined sales processes and strategy success metrics.

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2021

It is estimated that decision making can take up to 70% of a manager’s time. Managers need to gain better decision making capabilities. Understandably, many managers would like to offload some decisions but, unless they do it right, results and relationships may suffer. How to Empower Employees to Make Better Decisions?

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 10, 2023

In today's increasingly complex and culturally-diverse workplace , leaders that are able to perceive, assess, and regulate their own and others' emotions accurately are able to better promote unity and team morale⁠. Leaders can make bad decisions without understanding the wisdom of knowing their distortions and blind spots.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s a common complaint among top executives: “I’m spending all my time managing trivial and tactical problems, and I don’t have time to get to the big-picture stuff.” Nearly all leaders (96%) claimed they lacked time for strategic thinking, again, because they were too busy putting out fires.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

The problem is, while many of us are using paid time off, we’re not using it to its fullest potential. Culture, technology, and poor personal habits encourage us to stay plugged in. How to Negotiate for Vacation Time. You and Your Team Series. The Data-Driven Case for Vacation. Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

In the absence of guidelines, the organization had evolved into an always-on culture with communication taking place 24/7 – and across multiple platforms. Yours may look different depending on your collaboration tools, goals, and culture. The following is what was developed. Communication Guidelines. Do I need to attend this meeting?

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Guidelines Tools Meeting Leadership 52

The Management Centre

APRIL 1, 2020

In turn, by adopting a culture of coaching, you are then free to step back and focus on more strategic activities. The GROW framework can be used in conversations, meetings and everyday leadership – it’s not necessarily something you need to set aside a specific time or location for. What’s the process?

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Development Management Leadership Resources 75

Asamby Consulting

MARCH 24, 2022

At the same time, as the CEO, you probably don’t want to spend all your time managing that day-to-day and building your backend systems. How are work results being approved? The goal of the onboarding process is creating absolute clarity about what to expect and how to collaborate. Ready, set, go!

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Too many new managers have not been taught how to effectively lead people. Research on New Manager Effectiveness. With more than half of first-time managers reporting that they received no training when promoted, it is not surprising that up to 50% of new managers are deemed ineffective by their bosses.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 12, 2018

How To Be a Good New Manager. Being a good new manager does not depend upon magic. While it is true that the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage others is not intuitive, those leadership attributes can be learned. Targeted to the critical few management scenarios and skills that matter most. When It’s Time.

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The Management Centre

APRIL 1, 2020

In turn, by adopting a culture of coaching, you are then free to step back and focus on more strategic activities. The GROW framework can be used in conversations, meetings and everyday leadership – it’s not necessarily something you need to set aside a specific time or location for. What’s the process?

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