If you are a company leader hoping to undertake a successful organizational change, you need to make sure your team is onboard and motivated to help make it happen. The following strategies can you help you better understand your employees’ perspectives. Start by creating audience personas that map to key employee segments in your company. Then […]
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Stanford University neurosurgeon Dr. James Doty tells the story of performing surgery on a little boy’s brain tumor. In the middle of the procedure, the resident who is assisting him gets distracted and accidentally pierces a vein. With blood shedding everywhere, Doty is no longer able to see the delicate brain area he is working on. The boy’s life
Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic than Toughness Read More »
The FUTURE of WORK must be changed into the FUTURE of LIFE To start, what is the Future of Work. This is a hot topic. Let’s get the definitions straight. Definition by Gartner: The future of work describes changes in how work will get done over the next decade, influenced by technological, generational, and social shifts.
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The Future of Work is Today. As seasons change, so will work, tasks and technology. When speaking with people they get uncertain or even scared of the dependency of technology. There is no battle between Tech & Touch. We, the Human Touch enable the machines. As humans we want to make impact. We need to
A year of essence 2022; The Future of Life Read More »
Why do some teams consistently deliver high performance while other, seemingly identical teams struggle? Led by Sandy Pentland, researchers at MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory set out to solve that puzzle. Hoping to decode the “It factor” that made groups click, they equipped teams from a broad variety of projects and industries (comprising 2,500 individuals in
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All too often, hiring managers fail to invest sufficiently in recruiting for some of their most important roles — just because they’re not management or leadership jobs. In particular, there are three vital jobs that tend to get overlooked: essential experts, customer experience creators, and critical contractors. These people can make or break your business, almost all
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When it comes to hiring diverse candidates, good intentions do not necessarily lead to good results. Often well-intentioned hiring managers end up inadvertently weeding out qualified candidates from underestimated backgrounds because of unconscious bias. There are several things managers can do to reduce that bias. First, accept that, like most people, you fall prey to
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The highest-performing teams have one thing in common: psychological safety — the belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. Studies show that psychological safety allows for moderate risk-taking, speaking your mind, creativity, and sticking your neck out without fear of having it cut off — just the types of behavior that
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Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions Read More »
People get motivated when they have a means of self-expression and feel safe to experiment in their work
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