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20 questions to ask when your team’s vibe is off
Liane Davey, Harvard Business ReviewHas your team lost sight of its purpose and the goals you’re working toward together? If so, it might be time for a team reset that focuses on realignment. Or, maybe your team just doesn’t feel like a team anymore? Maybe team members feel disconnected, invalidated, or frustrated, and even minor issues are creating...
managing yourself
leadership communications
Six ways to become a more collaborative leader
Luis Velasquez and Kristin Gleitsman, Harvard Business ReviewIn today’s fast-paced corporate landscape, most highly experienced leaders entering an organisation are driven by a desire to make a significant impact and drive meaningful change. However, the approach they adopt in championing new ideas becomes the differentiating factor between success and failure....
adaptive leadership
leadership communications
Reducing information overload in your organisation
By LK Klein, Emily Earl, and Dorian Cundick, Harvard Business ReviewInformation overload is the inevitable result of the modern organization’s always-on, more-is-better approach to communication. Unfortunately, it is also a driver of employees’ disengagement and poor decision making. While we are all, as employees and leaders, affected by this reality, the onus is on the company...
leadership communications
How to communicate a tough decision to your team
Joseph Grenny, Harvard Business ReviewIt’s natural to want to dodge the tough work of sharing bad news. After all, who wants to tell a team that their project was canceled or that several team members will be let go? Instead of putting the announcement off, blaming higher ups for the decision, or behaving in a disconnected way, you want to present the...
leadership communications
How managers can make feedback a team habit
by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, Harvard Business ReviewThe flow of feedback is important for everyone, but all too often, it ends up feeling forced, formal, and infrequent. As a result, people’s development stalls and team growth is stifled. To overcome these challenges, managers can take the lead on creating a shared understanding of what feedback is for, increasing...
leadership communications
How great leaders communicate
Carmine Gallo, Harvard Business ReviewTransformational leaders are exceptional communicators. In this piece, the author outlines four communication strategies to help motivate and inspire your team: 1) Use short words to talk about hard things. 2) Choose sticky metaphors to reinforce key concepts. 3) Humanize data to create value. 4). Make mission your...
leadership communications
adaptive leadership
Layoffs Are Painful. But You Can Communicate Them Compassionately.
Laurie Tennant, Harvard Business ReviewExecutives and managers too often underestimate the importance of clear, consistent communications as part of a reduction in force (RIF). Without an effective communications plan that begins well in advance, an RIF can result in long-term damage to the company’s reputation and to the well-being of both dismissed...
socio political environment
reputation
leadership communications
Boost Employee Confidence and Inclusion by Creating Voice Space
Bejoy Philip and Dana KaminsteinNew research finds that building employee confidence is key to inclusion and provides insights on how to enhance inclusion at an actionable level in the workplace.
leadership communications
executive education
Don’t Focus on Your Job at the Expense of Your Career
Dorie Clark, Harvard Business ReviewThe gap between what we have to do today and where we see ourselves in the future can be vexing. We’d like to advance toward our goals, but we feel dragged down by responsibilities that seem banal or off-target for our eventual vision. In this piece, the author offers four strategies you can try so that you can...
leadership communications
career
Ministry of common sense
Maria Tickle and Lisa Leong, ABC Radio NationalHow to cut through the red tape to bring common sense back into your workplace in this ABC radio broadcast featuring brand and culture transformation expert Martin Lindstrom.
leadership communications