Research has long suggested the primacy of the manager to driving employee engagement. The manager mediates an employee’s relationship with the organization, their work, and their colleagues, strongly influencing their perceptions of the employment experience. Gallup is in the process of releasing a new book –...
Recently, I had the chance to talk to an HR leader at a multinational food company about their leadership pipelines. It was an old story – they had a very weak group of rising leaders and were forced to go outside of the company to...
Being a new manager has always been tough and emotional. Maybe you were promoted into the role because you were a great individual contributor, but are now being asked to do very different and uncomfortable things. You might be stepping into an underperforming team or a...
The 2016 US Presidential Election has thrown political and social divides into sharp relief, perhaps more so than any in the country's history. Effective leadership in 2017 will require navigating the aftershock, and companies across industries are evaluating how to best move forward in an...
Your success as a leader is increasingly dependent on your ability to influence peers and employees outside of your direct reporting lines. While this has always been an important leadership skill, it's more important than ever as organizations become increasingly matrixed, and decisions increasingly decentralized....