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Author MIT Sloan Management Review
Being able to make decisions with the right balance of speed and information is often what separates successful managers from unsuccessful managers. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review looks at the decision-making process and the need for g....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Perfecting Your Thinking Skills
Author MIT Sloan Management Review
Critical thinking — meaning the ability to transcend bias and partial information to draw from objective analysis of facts to form a judgment — is one of the more challenging skills for managers to cultivate. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan M....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Author MIT Sloan Management Review
Emotional intelligence — self-awareness, emotional self control, and empathy in relationships — is a critical factor in leadership. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review looks at ways that emotionally intelligent leaders read thei....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Breaking Logjams in Knowledge Work
Author Don Kieffer , Sheila Dodge , Nelson Repenning
Despite the well-documented costs of overload, many leaders still think organizations thrive under pressure. They have a lot to learn from manufacturing, where managers have adopted a “pull” system to manage task flow, improving productivity and perform....
Release Date 2018/10 -
The Truth About Behavioral Change
Author Tayler Lord , Damon Centola
In this article drawn from his new book, How Behavior Spreads, UPenn professor Damon Centola explains how the thinking about social networks is changing. Recent research reveals that depending on long-established concepts such as “weak ties” and “....
Release Date 2018/12 -
What to Do When Industry Disruption Threatens Your Career
Author Pedro Oliveira , Harold DeMonaco , Daniel Kahneman , Dan Lovallo , Andrew Torrance
Volatility in an industry should concern not only the companies within it but also the people who work for them. To stay ahead of developments that may disrupt your professional life, you must make two evidence-based diagnoses: How volatile is your industry? And wh....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Can We Really Test People for Potential?
Author Reb Rebele
A good psychometric test can easily outperform a résumé scan and interview at predicting job performance and retention. Yet personality testing and other ways of analyzing potential present some significant challenges: For instance, not all assessments ar....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Self-Reports Spur Self-Reflection
Author Angela Duckworth
Asking people to rate themselves has obvious disadvantages: They could fake their way to a higher score, or they might lack self-awareness. But self-report surveys make data collection efficient and offers access to respondents’ thoughts, feelings, and behavi....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Career Management Isn’t Just the Employee’s Job
Author Federica DeStefano , Matthew Bidwell
Now that companies have replaced rigid hierarchies with flatter, more fluid structures to promote agile ways of working, they have also made it harder for employees to chart a path for growth and advancement. This challenge is also a concern for employers, who must....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Author Kelly Monahan , Maggie Wooll , John Hagel III , Jef Schwartz
By reframing current future of work efforts to encompass the broader understanding of the opportunities ahead, leaders can better define the series of stages and initiatives that will make up the journey. Show and hide more
Release Date 2019/03 -
Author Jennifer Louise Petriglieri
Working couples are turning to technology to divide household labor more equitably. But the results have been mixed. Those who treat chore-management apps as the solution to imbalance often jump straight to implementation, making things worse. A better approach is ....
Release Date 2019/08 -
Author Michael Bungay Stanier
Giving advice is a habit you’ve been encouraged to adopt all your life. But most of the advice you give isn’t all that great, for three reasons: (1) We tend to solve the wrong problems. (2) When we do zero in on the right challenges, we propose mediocre solutions. (3) The....
Release Date 2020/03 -
Writing Winning Proposals—Business Skills
Author Steve Theobald
Get more of your projects and programs approved and implemented by learning how to write better proposals. This Info-line provides the quick steps and easy techniques you need to anticipate and overcome objectives, consider all factors, write with style and brevity,....
Release Date 2002/07 -
Building Career Success Skills—Career Development
Author Mike Fraum , Theodore Pietrzak
Todays organizational realities can make it tough for individuals to succeed in their careers and organizations. Conditions such as access to fewer resources, increasing levels of accountability, increasing levels of competition, limited potential for advancement, a....
Release Date 2005/01 -
Informal Learning—Managing the Training Function
Author Bob Hoffman
Informal learning can pack quite a punch in terms of boosting workplace performance and efficiency. But what is it, and what can you do to promote informal learning in the workplace? According Bob Hoffman, informal learning is anything that is not recognizable as fo....
Release Date 2003/05 -
Meetings That Work!—Business Skills
Author Tora Estep
Meetings are a precious resource: an expensive waste of peoples time if run poorly and amazingly valuable and productive if run well. Yet many people and organizations hold meeting after meeting without knowing how to do so effectively or even what they want to acco....
Release Date 2005/05 -
More Productive Meetings—Business Skills
Author Cat Sharpe
This issue describes the different purposes of meetings and common characteristics of effective meetings. It outlines planning steps, meeting process steps, and activity guidelines for more efficient, productive meetings, and covers the special roles participants pl....
Release Date 1997/05 -
Listening to Learn; Learning to Listen
Author Diane Kirrane
The average employee spends 30-60 percent of his or her day listening, yet listening skills are rarely taught. This Info-line provides aids to understanding, speaking, and listening. Offers guidelines for giving feedback. Makes suggestions about what to include in a....
Release Date 1997/06 -
Icebreakers—Presentation Skills & Games
Author Robert C. Preziosi
This Info-line provides an overview of the types of icebreakers: openers, acquainters, games, and brainstorming. The issue offers guidelines for selecting icebreakers and for trainer behaviors while conducting icebreakers. Examples of ice breakers are given. ....
Release Date 1999/04 -
Measuring Affective and Behavioral Change—Evaluation & Research
Author James C. Robinson , Dana Gaines Robinson
This Info-line stresses the importance of laying the groundwork for measuring behavior and affective changes resulting from training programs. It concentrates on Kirkpatrick's third level of evaluation, behavior, and discusses specific techniques to track and measu....
Release Date 1997/04 -
The Transfer of Skills Training
Author Richard L. Sullivan
This Info-line describes a model that can be used to determine that the transfer of skills training has occurred. The steps are: 1) conduct needs assessment, 2) standardize performance skills, 3) develop performance checklists, 4) transfer using demonstration, 5) co....
Release Date 1998/04 -
Your Critical First 10 Days as a Leader
Author Eric J. McNulty
Get your leadership launch period right and you set yourself up for sustained, long-term success.Forget the first 100 days. As a leader, your impact begins from minute one. Within your first 10 days, your direct reports, boss, peers, and other key stakeholders will ....
Release Date 2015/06 -
Best Practices: Communicating Effectively
Author Garry Kranz
In this age of digital communication, getting the right message across clearly is crucial to success. Communicating Effectively, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.Learn to:Build relationships through effective communica....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Kathy Shwiff
Filling your ranks with exceptional employees has never been more important—or more challenging. Hiring People, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.Learn to:Attract, find, and retain top performersConduct an effective tal....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Bruce Tulgan
Do you feel you don't have enough time to manage your people?Do you avoid interacting with some employees because you hate the dreaded confrontations that often follow?Do you have some great employees you really cannot afford to lose?Do you secretly wish you could ....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Keith Harrell
In the world of professional speakers, Keith Harrell is making a difference. The Wall Street Journal recognized it, dubbing him "A Star with Attitude." Such clients as IBM, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Motorola, GM, Marriott International, and Boeing know it—that's why Ke....
Release Date 2009/04 -
Stop Whining--and Start Winning
Author Frank Pacetta , Roger Gittines
Filled with the kind of contagious energy and upbeat attitude that has made Frank Pacetta one of America's most popular motivational speakers, this unique book is for anyone who wants a difference in the workplace. Whatever the occupation, organization, or industr....
Release Date 2009/11 -
Author Ronald J. Luyet , James W. Tamm
What is Your Collaborative Intention?James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet provide tools that will increase your ability to collaborate. You will learn to be more aware of others and how to problem-solve and negotiate. Collaborative skills have never been more importan....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Author Janine Driver
What if you could increase your salary by 15 percent, kick problems and worries to the curb, and get a better night's rest simply by learning how to detect a lie the moment it starts (or even before)? What if you had an easy-to-use test that tipped you off the ins....
Release Date 2012/08