Is The Time Right For You To Speak Out?
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Laura W. Geller for Strategy + Business:
Google “songs about money” and entries like “40 best songs about money” and “12 best songs about money. EVER” pop up.
The search results are less abundant if you google “songs about ethics.” No 12- or 40-best lists appear. “Top 10 social and political songs of our times” is as close as it gets? Read more |
4 Steps to Make Employee Development Stick
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Beth Miller for Entrepreneur:
According to Training Magazine, 2015 training expenditures in the US were $70 billion. Small companies spent an average of $1105 per employee, which doesn’t include the time dedicated to training. This level of investment was over double the investment larger companies made in employee training. Read more |
Conflict Resolution: When Should Leaders Step In?
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Zeynep Ilgaz for Forbes:
If you’ve recruited effectively, your workplace is full of diverse employees with differing strengths and weaknesses. They also have unique ideas and communication styles, so it only makes sense that they’ll butt heads from time to time. In fact, 60-80 percent of all difficulties in organizations come from strained relationships among employees. Read more |
How Spotify Balances Employee Autonomy and Accountability
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Michael Mankins and Eric Garton for Harvard Business Review:
Autonomy may be the single most important element for creating engagement in a company. How can anyone feel engaged, let alone inspired, if she feels that some supervisor is always looking over her shoulder? But autonomy is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it spurs creativity and involvement. On the other, unchecked autonomy can lead to ambiguity and inefficiencies, even organizational chaos. View |
Why Complacency Kills Organizational Change Efforts
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Brent Gleeson fro Inc.:
One of the most damaging things a much-needed organizational transformation effort faces is complacency. Complacency is rampant in many of today’s organizations mainly due to over-managed and under-led cultures. Read more |
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