The Agile Way: Trust Your Talent
Agile is all about empowering the team, getting the players to work together to make decisions, and boosting performance by offering to put both responsibility and accountability upon the shoulders of the team
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How to select a leader
Tom Peters has written that leadership “is one area in which excellent companies have been truly blessed.” In the digital age, leadership is essential for CIOs, too.
In a tech-driven future, employers want ‘people’ people
THE job market of today couldn’t be more different to that of just one generation ago. Heck, it’s shifting so fast, just a couple of years can render some positions obsolete and new positions, previously unheard of, the new in-demand profession.
3 Ways to Measure Your Teams’ Productivity
There is no possible way to evaluate every team you manage with the same criteria, as the mark for success differs with regards to the type of work that is being completed. Here are three numbers to track to ensure that your team is being productive and constantly moving in a forward direction.
How to Create a Culture of Learning in Your Organization
“Talent developers are depending more on online learning solutions to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse, multi-generational workforce,” officials wrote in the LinkedIn report.
How to get along with your co-workers and your boss
There are four distinct personality types in every office. Recognizing the key differences in how people work and then flexing your own working style accordingly will go a long way to improving your performance on the job.
How to Build a Better Leadership Team
As a business owner or executive, it’s far better to screen job applicants for the following five leadership traits than to hire and then fire managers who prove to be incompetent at leading others.
4 Ways to Help Different Generations Share Wisdom at Work
Ask yourself: When was the last time someone seriously “dropped some knowledge” on you? Something that really grabbed your attention? Your imagination? Made you laugh, shed a tear, both? Something that possibly inspired you to, as Steve Jobs said in his famous Stanford speech, “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Hopefully it wasn’t as far back as your college graduation. But, chances are, it wasn’t at work.
How Millennials Are Changing The Way We View Leadership
In less than two years, Millennials will become the largest employee demographic. They’ve already become a major influence shaping the future of work, and as 10,000 Baby Boomers reach retirement age every day, they’re quickly advancing in the leadership ranks as well.
How to Keep a Global Team Engaged
Global teams have the potential to help organizations reach new markets and provide a seamless brand experience for customers across the world. But for global teams to work, team leaders need to make sure all members feel connected and engaged, regardless of their location or culture. From what I’ve seen when advising global teams, the psychological and emotional reaction people experience when participating on these teams can sink its effectiveness.