It’s been a while since Google’s “Project Oxygen” got a lot of press. Google’s people analytics team has been looking for the crucial characteristics of outstanding [...]
For the past week, Marissa Mayer’s decision to corral the Yahoos has been captivating media outlets and HR professionals. Competitors and work practice experts have been heavily criticizing [...]
Today’s business and social goals can’t be accomplished by any one of us alone. Our success depends on each other. While that’s probably no news to you, it’s worthwhile to remind [...]
The most recent 2012 Towers Watson Global Workforce Study is out – and finds that “companies are running 21st-century business practices with 20-th century workplace practices and [...]
We have been using the Harvard Business Review classic “Can you say what your strategy is?” lately when facilitating strategy retreats with leadership teams. The article’s authors challenge [...]
Imagine you are in a room with loud music. Next to you is a friend who hardly hears what you have to say. You have two choices: Yell louder – or turn down the music. What will you do? Many times, [...]
A few months ago I wrote about some interesting findings from MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence. Looking into what supports group intelligence, the researchers found that individual [...]
Welcome to thinking against the grain: Both the New York Times (The Rise of the New Group Think) and the New Yorker Magazine (Group Think: Brainstoming Doesn’t Really Work) presented within [...]
What supports teams to make good decisions – and to make them efficiently? What kind of leadership is required to support the quality of collective decision-making? And will that quality be [...]
What makes team members team players? Collaborative Coaching and Resonance Strategies combine their experience in organizational/team effectiveness and in employee research to explore this [...]
“They say ‘practice” makes perfect.’ Of course, it doesn’t. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection.” Henry Longhurst The phrase, [...]
What makes work more meaningful? “Help your co-workers and staff see progress.” In their research on ways to increase team productivity, Teresa Ambile and Steven Cramer found that small wins [...]
In my work with teams I often hear the same complaint: “we aren’t strategic enough.” I have heard this from Fortune 500 leaders as much as from not-for-profit board members. I have heard this [...]