Management - Leadership

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Dear Madeleine, I manage a few teams—data scientists, bio engineers, research fellows, project managers—in a fast-growing biotech company. I have teams in Southern California, Canada, Eastern Europe, and Indonesia. The teams pass work off between time zones; if one person doesn’t complete their piece during the workday, it puts their counterpart behind. The pressure is…

When businesses invest in coaching programs for employees, the average return on investment (ROI) is $7 for every $1 spent on leadership development, according to a Sept. 21 report from BetterManager, a leadership development platform, and research firm The Fossicker Group.

U.S. companies are dealing with "boreout," a situation among certain workers who feel bored, unengaged and unfulfilled in their jobs. Experts share insights and how to fix the issue.

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None of us want to admit that we would rather feel overwhelmed than underwhelmed. In fact, we often experience a greater sense of our own value when we’re working than we do when we’re not. Working is not just a way to stay busy, but also to prove our worthiness – to others and to ourselves. The result is that without the right guardrails in place, we silently collude with employers who encourage us to overwork through intense pressure to perform. The authors outline strategies for intervening if you find yourself compulsively overworking, including honestly recognizing your tendency to work long and continuous hours, prioritizing sleep and movement, and choosing one activity outside of work that brings you true enjoyment.

Business meetings can become a nuisance. For success, follow the guiding principle that there are only 3 reasons to hold a business meeting.

Dear Madeleine, I am the director of ecommerce marketing for a fairly new and innovative global digital logistics company. The marketing team is huge; there are three other directors for other kinds of marketing and we are all very busy. My problem is with my boss, our CMO. She is brilliant, she does a great…

People have different points of view of the same process, behaviors, circumstances and conditions. It’s not a surprise that our conversations often reveal conflicting ideas about the root of performance challenges. The question is: Do we see this conflict as an asset or a liability to organizational learning?

Live with the silence. Often, a facilitator or trainer asks a question, and when there is no immediate response, he or she fills the void.

This article will go over the benefits and drawbacks of both optimism and pessimism in the workplace, discuss how you can balance these two outlooks, and more.

Explore the process of cultivating emotional resilience for leaders navigating high-pressure work environments. Develop skills to manage stress, establish supportive connections, and tackle difficult situations to efficiently overcome obstacles and guide your team with confidence.

A majority of executives and managers have personally used AI tools, indicating a relatively high level of exposure to AI among decision-makers. However, when asked about the usage of AI tools among their employees, executives and managers estimated that a substantial portion of their workforce has not engaged with major AI tools.

62% of organizations surveyed* don’t have enough internal high potential candidates to meet their future leadership needs. 

We get to choose the person we become, so it is critical that we take time to figure out what matters most. We are at our best when we consciously make decisions and choices based on a life of values, purpose, and meaning.

Theories of what constitutes good leadership evolve every few years as new research, ideas, and experiences take root in organizations. But today’s global upheavals—such as geopolitical turmoil, inflation, and climate change—are testing many traditional definitions of leadership.