Management

Management

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Taking the floor is all about connecting authentically with your audience. Here’s how.
It's a proclivity that sometimes leads to internal conflicts and high turnover.
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Across a variety of industries, trust and “upside-down management” have paid dividends.
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30 years ago Jim VandeHei — co-founder and CEO of Axios — got leadership feedback all wrong. Now, he has the ideal blueprint so you can get it right.
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Leadership evasion might seem like a plan for workplace freedom but it isn't a good thing — it's a denial of opportunity.
A book titled "Cultures of Growth" by Mary C. Murphy lying on a dark blue fabric surface.
Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.
Two hands fitting together puzzle pieces with the words "mindset" and "capabilities", against a backdrop featuring the word "execution" and an image of a rocket launch.
For human-centered leadership to achieve a “tipping point," people, productivity, and profits must be aligned.
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Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
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When all your teammates fall for "the emperor's new clothes," the results can be disastrous — here's how to bust the groupthink.
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Alli Webb, co-founder of Drybar, has a message for up-and-coming leaders: Embrace the mess!
Michael Jordan and Mike Jordan, both impact players.
It’s not enough to nurture star players — the key is to cultivate everyone’s ability to collaborate and bring value.
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AI is both a tool and a catalyst — and the key to successful integration is to rewrite your rule book and tinker.
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The management of fear is a core leadership skill in today’s globalized world — and the task is not as daunting as you might expect.
Two men in suspenders standing next to each other in an office, possibly enduring the presence of a bad boss.
We can’t always change our horrible bosses — but we can transform the ways we interact with them.
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Big Think spoke to the author of "The 5 Love Languages" about the popular relationship theory — and its lack of scientific support.
Keywords: emotional intelligence

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Emotional intelligence (EI) is much more than a trending C-suite buzz phrase — it’s the anchor attribute of every great leader.
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To solve “addition bias” don’t punish people who subtract — call in the “friction fixers” instead.
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London’s busiest airport seems to be rebounding well from the pandemic — but Istanbul has better prospects in the long run.
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Organizational scientist Steven Rogelberg discusses the common meeting mistakes leaders make and how they can change course.
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Intentions tend to get mangled by overreach in every complex organization — so dial up the charisma and the clarity.
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An effective strategic approach to unlocking and selecting truly innovative solutions.
A hand is pointing at a diagram illustrating the tyranny of small decisions.
Acting "little and often" has huge consequences and they're not always good — but awareness yields solutions.
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In a guest essay for Big Think Business, Pedro Franceschi — co-founder and co-CEO of Brex — explains why deftly navigating between vision and details is crucial for successful leaders.
Employees over customers.
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Quiet quitting, The Great Resignation, burnout: there are a ton of buzzwords to describe how modern work culture is broken. Now that we know what the problems are, how do we fix them? Tiffani Bova shares how employers can heal their relationship with their employees.
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A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.
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There are steps we can take to create a new paradigm that will help shift society's attitude towards women in the workplace.
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How to figure out the right amount of time for any project.
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That completely useless thing you want to get rid of — it's probably more important than you think.
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We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.