Organizational behavior expert Alison Wood Brooks takes questions from listeners who are struggling as first-time bosses.
Tag: Managing People
Research Roundup: How the Pandemic Changed Management
Lessons from 69 articles published in top management and applied psychology journals.
Surveilling Employees Erodes Trust — and Puts Managers in a Bind
Research offers three ways leaders can navigate the benefits and backlash of using electronic monitoring systems.
Companies Can Win by Reducing Overwork
A conversation with University of Georgia professor Malissa Clark dispelling myths about workaholism.
It’s Time to Redefine Our Gendered Idea of “Ambition”
Rather than enforcing a binary point of view — you’re either climbing up the ladder or stepping aside — skillful managers don’t equate pace with potential.
How to Talk to Your Team About a Decision You Disagree With
Upper management sometimes makes choices you don’t like. How can you navigate your disappointment with grace and resilience?
How to Become a Better Manager
Sundial co-founder Julie Zhuo takes questions from listeners who are struggling to manage team dynamics.
How to Reduce the Friction that Hurts You — and Harness the Friction that Helps
Stanford’s Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao on how to boost efficiency and satisfaction while also improving innovation and decision-making.
The Art of Giving Feedback
How to make sure your message is clear — and lands the way you intend.
How High-Performing Teams Build Trust
A survey of 1,000 workers identified five behaviors.
Building a Culture of Respect on Your Team
There are two types of workplace respect: owed and earned. And your team needs both.
How Calibration Meetings Introduce Bias into Performance Reviews
These meetings, in which supervisors discuss and adjust ratings across the company, are often intended to eradicate bias. In fact, they can have the opposite effect.
How to Conduct Motivating Performance Reviews When Business Is Down
What can you do to inspire your team in the absence of typical incentives like raises and promotions?
The Hidden Costs of Layoffs
It can take years for companies to bounce back from these setbacks.
How to Tell an Employee They’re Not Ready for a Promotion
The conversation shouldn’t just defer their next step; it should lay the groundwork for future success.
How to Embrace Your New Identity as a Manager
Assuming responsibility for other people’s professional development and personal happiness changes you.
Stop Assuming Introverts Aren’t Passionate About Work
New research to help ensure that true passion — not just extroverted behavior — is recognized and valued.
Seeing Yourself as a Leader
How to effectively grow leadership in yourself and your employees.
Research: When — and Why — Employee Curiosity Annoys Managers
Political skill separates those who endear from those who irritate.
How to Build Trust at Work
Organizational psychologist Liane Davey takes questions from listeners who are struggling to cultivate trusting relationships with their boss or colleagues.