Management lessons from the dugout
Batboys are a small part of a baseball team, but how they're incorporated into a team's culture and camaraderie says a lot about management and leadership.
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Batboys are a small part of a baseball team, but how they're incorporated into a team's culture and camaraderie says a lot about management and leadership.
Employees want growth, opportunity and development, and even if you can't give promotions, you need to meet their needs. Start by rethinking the importance of landmarks in careers.
Part of the Getting Things Done mantra is 2-minute tasks. But what does that mean, how do you practice it, and how does it help productivity?
The most recent SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: How do you handle making decisions during times of uncertainty?
Learn the 5 things employees want if they're to feel engaged and motivated -- and not leave your organization. Retention in the Great Resignation is more important than ever.
Yvonne Camus, Eco-challenge 2000 Borneo finisher, discusses principles of surviving an adventure race that apply to government leaders
Too many high-potential talent feel unheard, unsupported and unappreciated. You can wait for HR to tell you this after the employee leaves, or you can do something about it.
The truths about common sense are easier than putting those principles into practice as leaders and employers. Here's some guidance from Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley on doing just that.
Founders and CEOs alike need to plan their succession -- and they likely need more time than they're alloting. Learn from a business owner who's done succession.
The pandemic has created chaos, confusion and disorientation. Learn from a pilot how leaders can handle all that while still navigating through.
The most recent SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: What is your biggest obstacle to delegating more of what you do?
DEI success requires everyone's involvement, and if you're an executive or CEO, that includes you, too. Learn how from the latest data on diversity hiring.
Trust is hard to built and easy to lose -- and a business imperative for managers and leaders in any organization. Learn what common ways trust is won or lost, and what you can do about it.
Burnout is rampant, and some people will need a new career path, while others need a full pause. It's time to discover what career shift you need.
Strategic planning is increasingly complex and fluid. Here are 5 tips for smarter strategic planning at your annual event and on an ongoing basis.
Q&A sessions are powerful opportunities to clarify your points, engage your audience and empower them to act. Don't throw away this influencer opportunity.
The most recent SmartBrief on Leadership poll question: How do you handle things when someone refuses to compromise and they harden their stance?
The pandemic continues to be a drain on people, and if the workplace is also disrespectful and draining, you'll lose employees' hearts, minds and presence.
With so many employees quitting, leaders must do more to understand and support their staff's goals for self-expansion. Learn more and take the assessment within!
Leaders need a new perspective on risk. You can't wish away risk or solve it. Rather, risk is "an essential part of the mindset of leading."
New managers and leaders get little, if any, training. They need a better guide. Here's the 5-step New Manager's Operating System.
Here's how purpose can push a business to greater success.
Having the courage and patience to understand people's motivation can help them -- and you as a leader -- move forward.
Are you a riser or a sinker? Take this quiz, and then learn more about what it means for your leadership.
For many new leaders, it’s overwhelming to go from peer to boss or from independent contributor to team leader. Imagine taking on a new leadership role during the pandemic -- and joining a chaotic workplace?
When you present to executives, you want to be confident, concise, factual -- and prepared. Learn more about these key executive communication tips.
Feeling stuck or restless in your career? Now's a good time to explore new horizons, but make sure you know your options for career change.
Employees are unhappy for legitimate reasons and will leave -- maybe for your competitor -- if you won't do more to meet their needs and provide equitable treatment and opportunity.
We all know positive well-being can help us at work and in life. But how does well-being manifest, and how exactly does it help us through difficult times.
Good presentations persuade, combine stoytelling and logic, and offer a clear path forward. Learn more about public presentation best practices in this article and video.
Managers have a responsibility to develop their employees, which means changing them. Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson have a guide to making that change more successful and getting employees to buy in to change.
Remote and hybrid employees have some control over how they interact, manage up and build their careers. Here's some advice for overcoming the "proximity bias" many leaders and organizations have.
Multitasking doesn't work. Here's what does work for productivity, getting things done and being better at work.
What we don't like in other people is often what we're guilty of, too. How can we find the opportunity in the problem of human fallability?
Leaders who understand how to make good decisions and good choices -- and the differences between them -- will do better with conflict and create better situations for employees and employers.
Where and when people work is part of their journey to "success, happiness and authenticity." Read more from Mike Horne on the five career traits you want to possess.
Things will go wrong. What you can control as a leader is how you react, respond and internalize setbacks.
Contrast is how we discover new ideas and move forward. Embrace the contrast between you and other people in your work and life.
Flexible scheduling already exists, and here's one CEO's lessons from 30 years of workplace scheduling that benefits the business and employees while setting boundaries with clients.
Here are some ways to be prepared for your next presentation so that you can focus on connecting with the audience and not worrying about being perfect.
Workers and executives have different views of returning to offices, returning to normalcy and ending this current uncertainty -- and it might be the rank and file who have the clearer vision.