Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2024

Traditional advice for leaders who want to increase meeting participation call for clarifying expectations, setting clear agendas, and asking open-ended questions. Managers who want their teams to be more engaged in meetings need to foster a safe, inclusive team culture, which requires a deep understanding of their team’s unique dynamics.

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Effective Managers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Both foster a culture of growth and help individuals enhance their skills, setting the stage for long-term success. Schedule regular meetings to ensure consistent progress and set clear goals to track the mentees development. For more insights on best practices in leading edge managerial leadership visit the Effective Managers website.

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Effective Managers

JANUARY 23, 2025

It involves negotiation and influence to ensure that departmental activities are aligned and that interdependencies are managed effectively. Foster a Collaborative Culture : Encourage a culture that sees these forms of authority as tools for collaboration rather than control.

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Whether you are a new hire or an experienced professional, understanding and effectively managing internal politics can significantly impact your career growth. In this blog, we will explore key strategies for navigating organizational politics, drawn from the expertise available on Effective Managers.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 28, 2022

To fix a broken meeting culture, start by canceling everything for 48 hours.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2024

Many companies build cultures that are focused on controlling the output of low performers, rather than growing and unlocking everyone’s skills. This approach is low-ROI and ultimately problematic for high-performance cultures.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.

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Effective Managers

JULY 22, 2024

Effective communication is a cornerstone of successful management. In today’s dynamic workplace, managers must master various communication strategies to lead their teams effectively. Managers should actively listen to their team members, showing empathy and understanding.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

As a former consultant, attending and facilitating meetings was probably where I spent most of my time. With the lack of physical human interaction, scheduling meetings was the mutually agreed way to even have a simple conversation. Like many of you, I get frustrated by unproductive meetings.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2018

It’s no wonder that so many C-Suite leaders are focused on how to build higher performance cultures. The irony, we’ve found, is that building a culture focused on performance may not be the best, healthiest, or most sustainable way to fuel results. Instead, it may be more effective to focus on creating a culture of growth.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

At the same time, the integration of AI into workplaces transforms roles, requiring individuals to reskill and upskill to meet the demands of these emerging technologies. However, challenges such as maintaining team cohesion and managing productivity remotely will need to be addressed.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

Google has opened its trove of management processes to one and all, for free. Management tools may not seem that different. Turns out a lot of its management tools focus on some pretty basic stuff, like how to run meetings, have conversations, and set goals. Why would Google release its management processes?

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Clarity Consultants

APRIL 18, 2025

Communicating, managing conflict, and adapting under pressure isn’t optional; it’s essential. As companies shift toward cross-functional teams and hybrid work models, communicating effectively, managing conflict, and adapting under pressure matter as much, if not more, than technical know-how.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 18, 2025

These professionals utilize efficient project management techniques and have the skills to manage curriculum development, allowing your internal teams to focus on core business tasks. Understanding how a consultant plans to tailor training programs to meet your business objectives is crucial for your training’s success.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But the most common, and perhaps the greatest, barrier to customer centricity is the lack of a customer-centric organizational culture. At most companies the culture remains product-focused or sales-driven, or customer centricity is considered a priority only for certain functions such as marketing. Democratize customer insights.

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Effective Managers

JULY 22, 2024

Effective communication is a cornerstone of successful management. In today’s dynamic workplace, managers must master various communication strategies to lead their teams effectively. Managers should actively listen to their team members, showing empathy and understanding.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 19, 2024

Mastering the art of Learning Management System (LMS) optimization is essential for any organization striving for efficiency and effectiveness. The Essence of LMS Management At the heart of any successful LMS lies robust management. However, the concept of governance often becomes a nebulous area, leading to inefficiencies.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. So, we’d like to give you guidance in this flow of resources – we’ve selected 11 project management books that any successful project manager should discover. Enjoy the reading!

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Effective Managers

JULY 26, 2024

Implementing Agile in Your Organization The transition to an agile framework requires a cultural shift. Kanban boards are used to visualize the workflow and help teams manage their work more transparently and effectively. Continuous feedback from users ensures that the product or service remains relevant and meets customer needs.

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The Management Centre

JANUARY 22, 2025

In our management development programmes, we are often asked about what is the right balance between empathy and accountability. Managers tell us they worry that showing compassion can make others perceive them as weak or too lenient. However, managing with compassion does not make you a soft touch.

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Effective Managers

MAY 10, 2024

In the dynamic and competitive world of management consulting, standing out is essential. In this blog, we will delve into the comprehensive benefits of ISO 20700 training and how it can boost your profile in the management consulting industry. The field of management consulting is constantly evolving.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

Over the past 15 years, my team and I have observed and facilitated thousands of meetings and helped hundreds of teams come together to do work, and we have found that collaboration looks different depending on a variety of factors. The value people place on relationships is a strong influencing factor on whether and how they collaborate.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 19, 2024

As we navigate this post-pandemic landscape, it’s clear that the future of leadership hinges on embracing change and evolving to meet new demands. Leaders must now manage teams that are dispersed across various locations, requiring new strategies for communication, collaboration, and maintaining company culture.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 22, 2018

My manager and team practiced an egalitarian decision-making process in which we would meet, discuss everything from content marketing campaigns to social media tactics, and collectively come up with strategies to move forward with. Some years ago, at a former company, I began noticing a curious series of events.

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Whether you are a new hire or an experienced professional, understanding and effectively managing internal politics can significantly impact your career growth. In this blog, we will explore key strategies for navigating organizational politics, drawn from the expertise available on Effective Managers.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 11, 2022

It may seem the outcomes of effective change management are obvious – if positive transformations have happened, the process was effective. . However, the present-day ever-evolving business environment demonstrates that change management is rather a journey than a destination. Change management performance .

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Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2024

Slowly but steadily, while we’ve been preoccupied with trying to meet demands that outstrip our resources, grappling with unfair treatment, or watching our working hours encroach upon our downtime, burnout has become the new baseline in many work environments.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 12, 2023

It provides opportunities to enhance the knowledge of employees, as well as upskill them to manage future needs. The Rise of Continuous Learning Cultures. Companies are increasingly favoring continuous learning cultures since training is more accessible. In years past, training primarily occurred in fits and spurts.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Avoiding that “no one did the homework” moment.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 31, 2025

The phenomenon of “ TikTok Refugees ” is not just about shifting to another platform its an emerging cultural moment that is blending social media, e-commerce, and cultural exchange in unique ways. Casey Ma is an MBA and MPH student at Yale University, specializing in Healthcare Management.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 12, 2025

This strategic intervention allowed the agency to efficiently manage workload fluctuations while enhancing on-the-job performance through engaging and well-designed instructional materials Read the full case study here 2. The training designed by Clarity employed adult learning principles and effective learning designs.

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LSA Global

MARCH 28, 2025

” The highly customized training program was for new managers and new supervisors. The two main goals were to: Improve manager retention and engagement. The post Action Learning for Managers at Services Firm appeared first on LSA Global. Create alignment through high performing and interdependent teams.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. Here are some examples of what will be required to change the operating culture: Contract rationalization. Eliminating layers of management.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 27, 2024

In the fast-paced and evolving world of management consulting, staying ahead of the curve is paramount. The introduction of ISO 20700, the first global service delivery standard for management consultants, marks a significant milestone in this pursuit. Enhancing Credibility and Trust For management consultants, credibility is key.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 19, 2022

Every project management activity doesn’t exist in isolation – they are all related to and dependent on each other, may have competing requirements and/or shared resources. To make sure that the process of orchestrating projects across the whole environment runs like clockwork, project integration management should be applied. .

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. In a multi-project environment, ensuring productive work of team members gains even more importance: resources are shared by concurrent projects, and their fruitful work on them will be impossible without wise resource management. .

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the realm of business, the term “ governance ” conjures images of stale bureaucracy, mundane meetings, and rigid roles. In the context of business, these decisions are forged through meetings involving key stakeholders where strategic, operational, and performance-related topics are discussed and debated.

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