Management

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Finding the happy medium between what you’re comfortable with and what motivates your team is tricky but the first step is identifying your leadership style. If you’re not sure what your characteristics say about you as a boss, check out our guide from experts and psychologists: … Read More

How To

This is the worst thing you can focus on when managing a team John Anderer

According to a recent study managers should take a more nuanced, interpersonal approach that lets their employees know they aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet. Read More

Management

12 leadership styles of the most successful CEOs ever CW Headley

With this new paper in mind, Ladders unpacked 12 key leadership styles employed by the heads of successful corporations. On balance, the most effective techniques air on the side of one of the two approaches explored in the new study. Read More

Management

3 ways to save 10 hours of work per week Sagan Morrow

Check out these three ways to improve how you work with clients (so you can get more done in less time, conserve your energy, and reduce the overwhelm while you’re at it)… … Read More

How To

How to fire an employee: 4 ways to make the process kinder Kara Goldin

Hands down, the hardest part of my job is letting an employee go. Discover four strategies for terminating a contract with compassion and integrity. Read More

Productivity

Researchers say this is the key to becoming a better decision maker CW Headley

Among students and even academicians, relative choice accuracy between two options decreases as the value of a third option decreases. Read More

Management

Huge success in business is largely based on luck – new research Chengwei Liu

The business world needs to balance the accounts of exceptional performance and take a far more judgemental look at the effects of luck. Read More

Office Life

The employees most likely to quit in 2020 CW Headley

According to a massive new Achievers survey 64% of workers plan on saying goodbye to their current job in 2020. One in five of the 1,154 employees surveyed laments a lack of stimulating daily tasks and an additional 82% wished they received more recognition from their supervisors at work. Read More

Office Life

The 12 things managers say you should still never do in the office Kyle Schnitzer

But as the office has shifted into a worker-first culture, so has the mentality of what’s deemed acceptable. Read More

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