We've highlighted how organizations are suffering because their senior leaders are too slow, or too unwilling, to drive innovation. Research showed that they're failing to use technology to achieve a competitive advantage and to become winners in the digital economy. But such is the pace of change of technological development that now, just a few months later, the term […]
When you're surrounded by happy, motivated team mates, the working day can pass in a blur of camaraderie. Colleagues can become friends, you enjoy coming to work, and you push one another to do your best work. On the other hand, even a single day spent with a team that is disengaged, dysfunctional and fractured […]
The world of human resource management is full of complicated jargon and terms. Isn't "talent management" just another nice-sounding term to confuse people? As it turns out, it's much more than a term and it's important in business. "Talent management" describes all the people, processes and systems an organization uses to recruit, manage and develop […]
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What's the difference between positive thinking and positive psychology? That was my first question to positive psychology expert Margaret Greenberg in our Expert Interview. (Mind Tools Club Premium members and Mind Tools Corporate users can hear the full 30-minute podcast here.) It was a question she'd heard before. "I can't tell you how many times […]
Fact: Workplace bullying is not a myth. I was surprised last week to read a tweet that sounded incredulous, saying, "Really? Workplace bullying still exists?" Attached to the tweet was a picture with the famous quote, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Yes, really. It exists. And it's not as easy […]
The world of politics attracts regular media attention but, in recent months, the spotlight has been focused more than ever on it due to various political contests on both sides of the Atlantic. For a profession that’s so focused on performance, it's odd that politicians belong to one of the few employment areas untouched by performance management (PM). Since […]
"Mindfulness means paying a attention in a particular way; On purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally." - Jon Kabat-Zinn Just for the fun of it, I recently tried to keep track of how many times I looked at my smartphone over a two-day period. After about half a day, I didn't feel like carrying […]
Ronald enters the boardroom and calls out the fast food orders that he came to deliver: "One double cheeseburger with fries, one cheese sauce and bacon pasta, one chicken salad with no-fat dressing, and two donuts. I also have one Coke, one Pepsi, a mineral water, and a tall vanilla cappuccino." Laura, who is a […]
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Has anyone ever accused you of being controlling? Or maybe, the opposite… Do people see you as the laid back, flexible, easygoing manager in the office? Are You in Control? It can be easy to slip into micromanaging your team's workload down to even the smallest task. After all, things have got to be done […]
The image of snow-clearing machines carving shapes into Miami's palm-fringed beaches is vivid and intriguing. But the snowblowers of this blog post's headline – which is also the title of a new book by Steve Goldstein – have nothing to do with sculpting sand. It turns out they're a metaphor for "meh." I'll explain. For […]
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