Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2024

As a first-time manager, you might be unsure of how much autonomy to give your team members. Either way, both leadership styles can result in direct reports who are frustrated, disengaged, or more likely to depart. Are you redoing your teams’ work all the time?;

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This article includes a curated list of HBR articles and podcast episodes to help you manage yourself, your team, and your organization when you’re consumed with what’s happening outside of work.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But studies now reveal that doctors spend half of their time managing EHRs and desk work, shortchanging patients and fueling burnout. With focused leadership and follow-through, GROSS has led to saving thousands of hours across the HPH system and to other health systems adopting the practice.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s not uncommon for managers to continue thinking about their job, even after the official workday is over. But new research shows that this tendency may not be beneficial, particularly for people new to a leadership role.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

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. This is especially relevant in product management, where decisions often involve cross-functional collaboration.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2018

Some of these stars succeed in their new role as manager; many others do not. And when they fail, they tend to leave the organization, costing the company double: Not only has the team lost its new manager, but it’s also lost the best individual contributor. This is a requirement for effective managers.

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 29, 2021

The greatest leadership principle of all-time is elusive even though it is common sense. Managers often miss the greatest leadership principle of all-time. They give you clues to what’s going on in organizations, and the potential impact of The Greatest Leadership Principle of All-Time.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

When you’re managing managers, your responsibilities are two-fold: you need to make sure they’re producing good work (as with any employee) and that they’re effectively supporting their teams. Here’s how you can fill in the gap and help your direct reports be great managers. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

“My team has a time management problem,” leaders often tell me. “Time management” becomes a catchall solution to this problem, and they want to hire me to offer tips and techniques on things like prioritizing and using their calendars better.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 14, 2018

For one, managers tend to think they’re coaching when they’re actually just telling their employees what to do — and this behavior is often reinforced by their peers. This is hardly an effective way to motivate people and help them grow, and it can result in wasted time, money, and energy. questioning. questioning.

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Rick Conlow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Managing your time, leads to managing your life. Real time management is self-management. As on manager said, “Everyone gets more than I deserve.” 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results. 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Our research suggests that key personality characteristics predict unethical leadership behavior. We combined data across these 30 independent studies to examine the relationship between personality and ethical leadership across a range of different settings and situations. Be vigilant; vulnerability increases over time.

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Halo Psych

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

8 minute read Your manager is leaving for a new job. You made the decision to go for the manager role. Youre about to go from being a peer with the rest of the team, to being their manager. Ive worked with many first-time managers in exactly this position. You got the job. Congratulations! But what now?

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Effective management is what brings a company together and ensures ceaseless smooth-sailing through daily operations. Leadership that works is a crucial element to the success of any business, which is why having a robust managerial team is essential.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 4, 2018

Fair managers can reap big dividends. In a recent paper , published at the Academy of Management Journal, we propose that one explanation is that many managers are, simply put, too busy to be fair. We also sought to understand what organizations could do to help overworked managers act more fairly.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Many managers want to be more inclusive. For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images. But they don’t know how to get there.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 28, 2022

Balancing strategy, execution, cash, cultural, cohesive, human, and leadership is very important. Shannon Susko‘s book, Metronomics, explains what systems your company needs to grow. Learn how to unite these systems into one regimen that works for you and your team.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2023

All too often in the case of layoffs, the people who survive it are expected to pick up the work that their terminated colleagues left behind. Meanwhile, these layoff survivors are often struggling with survivor guilt, anxiety, and low morale. In short, after a layoff, more is being asked of people who have less to give.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 30, 2018

energy, enthusiasm, and focus), much of the popular narrative has focused on organizational factors such as job design, leadership, or culture. The first type is commonly known as time-management planning, which involves making to-do lists, prioritizing and scheduling tasks, and ultimately managing one’s time.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Does this stalled revolution play out in management positions, too? To explore this, I used data on full-time managers obtained from the U.S. Women’s representation in management is higher than it’s ever been. Women’s representation in management is higher than it’s ever been.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

However, too many managers still work independently. That’s a problem when the teams have organizational problems a single manager can’t solve. Instead of managers working alone, what if we had teams of managers? He said, “As a manager, I'm supposed to be on the hook for what the team does.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

I told the story of Cliff, a manager who wanted to understand why the projects were so late. One eagle-eyed fellow asked me this question, “How long was the time from T0 to T1?” ” I said, “Managers might spend as little as a quarter and as much as a year or two. .”

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Change management consulting experts know that individual talent alone does not always equate to team performance. The same is true if the team does not trust management or leadership to fully support the shift to teams with the right structures , incentives, and reinforcement mechanisms.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Tips for First Time Managers to Start Off on the Right Foot. Does becoming a first time manager make you feel as if you are leaping off a cliff without a safety net? If you are being promoted to a management position, you have most likely succeeded as an individual contributor. How do you spend your time?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 27, 2016

In my organizational coaching, I’ve noticed that more people than ever before are requesting help with time management, self-care, and work-life balance. The answer is to manage your finite amount of time more wisely. They all want to know how they can sustain top performance while maintaining their well-being.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Does Your Organization Need Better People Leader Time Management? Have you ever gone through the popular new manager training exercise of logging how you actually spend your time day each day as a people leader? This is often the first step in learning how to better manage your time and be a more effective leader.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

When Is the Best Time for Management Training ? 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?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

So much depends upon managers. This is disconcerting because the same research found that about 70% of people in management roles are not well equipped for the job. Most companies understand the importance of having highly effective managers, but few invest heavily in training to help them get there.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

APRIL 14, 2024

In this episode, we unlock the secrets of strategic leadership and personal wellness with Rich Horwath, CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute. Join us for this enriching discussion that will bolster your leadership fitness in mental toughness, time management, and self-care.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 14, 2018

For one thing, managers tend to think they’re coaching when they’re actually just telling their employees what to do. Recently, my colleagues and I conducted a study that shows that most managers don’t understand what coaching really is — and that also sheds light on how to fix the problem. questioning.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 10, 2023

Unfortunately, self-awareness is rare in leadership. A global study found that 95% of leaders think they are self-aware, but only 10-15% met the criteria to be considered self-aware on essential leadership competencies related to empathy, trustworthiness, and leadership performance.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2016

Although this may sound like a simple holiday anecdote, when different cultural definitions of “on time” spill over to professional projects, people’s reactions can be less than jovial. But not understanding or effectively managing these different ways of working can lead to frustration, stress, and missed deadlines.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Many managers harp on the all-too-disorderly whirlwind way of doing business these days. Today, even when we leave the office, we are always accessible, we are in constant contact with others and typically, we are expected to be “on” all the time. And what does all of this have to do with managing others?

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2021

All too often, that quest goes no further than time management training provided by the HR department. As legendary statistician and management consultant W. Managers meet 30 minutes after that, followed by directors, VPs, and finally the executive team. Problems are addressed at the lowest possible level.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 14, 2020

The complexities and systemic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic have made managing time and boundaries more challenging than ever. Tim Wentworth, President Cigna Services, cites vigilant time management as one of the keys to his success as the leader of a major organization.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

The number of companies adopting and managers leading remote work teams has increased significantly. In addition, Gallup research shows 82% of managers are failing. Bottom-line, companies with people-first culture led by Servant Leadership principles outperform their competitors. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated this trend.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. Leaders can help establish new cultural norms around time and make clear that everyone’s time is a precious resource. Weak time-management disciplines.

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