Tools & Techniques
Developing Resilience to Help Your People Through Change
Why are so many people uncomfortable with change? Peggy draws from her managerial experiences, to share how you can develop Resiliency in your team to persevere in the face of obstacles, and bounce back from the hardship. Resilience is not a silver bullet, but as a learnable competency it will enable your team to perform under stress.
Read MoreProgram Management: Learning to Manage Up, Outward, Sideways and Down
Under intense timeline pressures, how can you avoid program delays, disruptions, and unwanted surprises that could crush your highly visible projects? Brian gives the insider-scoop to facilitate your interactions with the boss and executives, with the customers, with your team members and also their managers.
Read MorePersonnel Development, a Cornerstone of Your Management Legacy
As managers we can work in the system, and control the risks by coordinating our people as resources within the confines. Or we can choose to add value and impact the value-chain, by creating opportunities for our people. Brian shares why he chose the latter to develop his staff members, and left a legacy, rather than just run a well-oiled process.
Read MoreTransforming the Promise of a Vision into Practice by Managing Change
Why do so many business leaders fail to realize their visions for the future? The legacies of Alexander the Great (in the West) and Emperor Qin Shi Huang (in the East) present great lessons about corporate change and sustainability. Irene draws from these lessons to highlight the change management principles that project managers and change leaders should integrate into their project structure.
Read MoreDisruptive Technology Changes: Great Progress or Failed Promise?
Rolling out technology related changes is not plug-and-play, neither does it have to be prep-and-pray. How can the ensuing changes resonate with the organization? Allison highlights what and who we need to cater to, beyond just the technology design and process definition.
Read MorePromoting Technical Experts to People Managers
Any manager's inability to supervise people, lowers morale and cause incomplete work. How certain are you to select the right staff, with the appropriate people-management skill and technical competence, for that managerial position? Peggy offers useful pointers to raise the success of your assessment.
Read MoreBe One Step Ahead, Grow Your Future Performance.
Often, people get promoted because of past performances. But this doesn't guarantee our career progresses. How then can we secure our future successes? Renata shares 5 easy steps to nurture the attitude of learning that is critical to our continuous professional advancement.
Read MoreMotivate Your Employees by Aligning Their Work with Their Personal Values
Values impact beyond our private lives. What happens when our jobs require us to exhibit behaviors that directly contradict with our inner values? You have the power to minimize those negative feelings of stress, anxiety and low energy. Use Swati's suggestions to help your employees effectively deal with situations of value conflict.
Read MoreEngagement: A Top-down Approach
Engagement has been debated within companies for the past decade. What contributes to disengagement? How is engagement different to motivation? Karen shares why building an engaged workforce is the leader's responsibility, and what leaders can do to build and sustain engagement among workers.
Read MoreWarming Up to Motivation During Change
We are all capable of going a little faster, higher, stronger, better. But what are the facets that influence our motivation to achieve more? Allison contrasts the traditional understanding of motivation with new research on neurosciences. Move beyond "Just do it", adopt these steps that would impact the social factors to increase motivation for your team.
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