Author: HRStrategies
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Managing Usurpers in the Workplace
What can you do with someone who attempts to usurp your authority in the workplace, and that person has certain proximity advantages that you perhaps lack? The first thing I would do is recognize that this is offensive action that probably cannot be managed with defensive actions on your part. In other words, this is…
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Unlocking Team Potential With Synergy
One of my favorite quotes by writer Peter Senge (1990), describes synergy as “…the coherent light of a laser rather than the incoherent and scattered light of a light bulb.” He is, of course, talking about the power that is produced when synergy has been created through alignment. When there is synergy among the members…
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The Rhythm of Work
Life is a continual battle of maneuvering the rhythmic cycles we experience. Researchers from fields like psychology and sociology agree that the work we do plays an important role in our ability to successfully dance through the ups and downs. In other words, our work is much more than merely a place we visit every…
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Threat or Opportunity?
Threat or Opportunity? Our perception is crucial in deciding how we respond to life and business. Even savvy businessmen and women will succumb to their own perception, right or wrong, good or bad. How we see things will ultimately decide our response. I have always been a huge proponent of experience. After all, experience often…
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Five Characteristics of Learning Leaders
When we talk about creating learning centes, there are five important characteristics that 21st century learning leaders must understand. They are: perception and insight, motivation, emotional strength, cultural innovation, and participatory influence. Perception and insight Cultural assumptions are unconscious beliefs and values that are shared by the members of an organization. These values help to…
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The Engagement Decline
According to GALLUP, engagement by younger workers has severely plummeted in a post-pandemic climate. The engagement rate for Gen Z employees fell from 2.4 to 1.6, and Gen X employees saw a decline of four points, from 35% down to 31%. The only rise came from Boomer employees, who increased from 34% to 36%. What…
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Three Reasons We Don’t Like to Learn
Everybody seems to enjoy the praises when others think we are smart, and I personally believe that every one of us is smart in some way. I was thrilled when psychologist and science writer Daniel Goleman made his now famous statement about how our success in life is not necessarily dependent on how high our…
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The Learning Era
We are living in what has been coined, “The Learning Era.” We have a global economy that is driven by knowledge and learning. In the past, it was called “The Knowledge Era,” and also “The Information Era.” So why the change? You can have the smartest technology, e.g., AI with all its glory – and…