Welcome to Inc.com. How to Take the 'Con' Out of 'Conflict' Many business leaders don't like conflict and try to sweep it under the rug, albeit unconsciously.
Think about it. When conversation becomes heated during a meeting, how often have you said, "Let's take that offline" or "Let me talk to you about that later"? Bad idea. Left unaddressed, discord can fester and become toxic, manifesting itself in disengaged employees, low productivity, and low morale. It can even escalate into workplace violence. Yet perfect harmony isn't what you want, either. The secret is to approach conflict from a learning perspective. Diagnosing conflict Understanding the source of conflict is helpful because it enables you to separate signal from noise. --Internal, meaning conflict within an individual. 5 Tips to Manage a Team Across Multiple Time Zones. How do you keep engagement, organization, and unity across a team spread out over multiple time zones?
If you're having a hard time managing a global team, take some tips from an expert. In Harvard Business Review, Donna Flynn, an executive at office furniture company Steelcase, offers her global company's best practices. "At Steelcase, we all understand that the rhythm of a global team is not a perfect 9-5 melody. But understanding something can be very different from living it. My team has grown increasingly distributed across multiple time zones and regions of the world over the last couple of years, and we have learned, through experience and experimentation, a few ways to leverage the value of a global team while also minimizing the pain and disruption it can create for us as individuals," she writes.
Below, check out Flynn's five tips to manage your global team. Why You Should Adopt Google's Nested Approach To Office Layouts. It’s all about trust, cultural norms and territoriality.
The average family size around the world is seven people, plus or minus two. The optimal team size is seven people, plus or minus two. The 7 Things Great Teams Execute Flawlessly. 8 Critical Things Every Great Leader Remembers. 3-questions-that-will-make-you-a-better-boss. "An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgments simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
"--Edward DeBono More and more information. Increasingly limited time and resources. Less and less control. Welcome to Business, the 2014 Edition. Inclusiveness Means Giving Every Employee Personal Attention - Susan David. By Susan David | 9:00 AM June 10, 2014 Several years ago, a large, global company asked me to help improve their employee engagement.
I suggested a strengths-based approach to the problem: a search for “hot spots” in the organization where people were highly engaged and performing well. By understanding what was working, we could harness and replicate these factors across the greater organization. We surveyed thousands of employees from all over the world. Our findings were fascinating, but one key factor emerged: from the Netherlands to India to the United States, those who were most engaged had bosses who gave them personalized attention. I’ll never forget the story we heard from one very junior employee. This is what “inclusive leadership” really looks like.
To increase inclusiveness into your organization, encourage the following practices: The Awfulness of Firing an Employee (A Manager's Take) The Best Way To Earn Workers' Trust: Pass-Along Email. Leadership Tips: 8 Easy Ways to Be an Extraordinary Boss. A few years ago, I interviewed several dozen highly successful CEOs.
In the post "The 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses," I provided a summary of what I learned. Go Ahead: Ask Your Employees If They're Happy - Allison Rimm. By Allison Rimm | 1:00 PM September 18, 2013 When was the last time you made the effort to see, really see, what the people you work with are thinking and how they’re feeling about their jobs?
With Gallup’s latest State of the American Workplace survey showing that 70% of U.S. employees are not engaged at work, it seems that the majority of managers would greet that question with a blank stare. Those managers are missing key information needed to attract and retain talented staff — not to mention keep them actively engaged in turning out a superior product.
Despite the dismal statistics on workplace engagement, there are many enlightened leaders who do one simple thing: They ask their employees how they feel. How to Create Millennial Leaders in Your Organization. Four Lessons From the Best Bosses I Ever Had - Deborah Mills-Scofield. By Deborah Mills-Scofield | 9:00 AM September 4, 2012. The Ripple Effects You Create as a Manager - Monique Valcour. By Monique Valcour | 8:00 AM May 7, 2013 Each one of us holds a set of beliefs and attitudes — a mindset — that determines how we interpret and respond to situations.
That mindset shapes how we interact with others, and therefore it also affects the people we work with — in ways both subtle and profound. Good Leaders Build Trust First - Management Tip of the Day - August 06, 2013.