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6. CEO Recruiters Increasingly Prize Soft Skills
Axios Markets — Turns out some of us might have what it takes to run a giant public company: social skills. CEOs with such skills are increasingly in demand, finds a new analysis just published in the Harvard Business Review. Why it matters: People skills have grown in importance as CEOs are increasingly expected to respond to not just shareholders and board members, but employees, customers, the public at large,...
7. Coaching Managers Elevates Your Organization
Chief Learning Officer — With the reorganizing of the workplace and introduction of hybrid and remote work for many organizations, evolving priorities for employees, increased job-switching and burnout, managers are more critical to organizational performance than ever. Successful organizations have always depended on managers for engagement, retention and performance, but the best are investing in coaching support for managers beyond the top of the organization. Changing roles “I think, in...
8. Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: Be Collaborative, Be Innovative, Be Authentic
Training Industry — Once seen as a topic too taboo to touch in corporate cultures, emotional intelligence (EQ) is now on the mind of nearly every leader and organization seeking to be innovative, especially as newly dispersed workplaces moved into uncertain home office situations. Previously, emotions in the workplace were seen as unnecessary and even a hindrance to productivity and professionalism. Today’s organizations and their leaders recognize that emotional intelligence...
9. Executive Coaching Can Help Managers Build More Collaborative Teams
Harvard Business Review — The Covid-19 pandemic imposed unexpected challenges on organizations large and small. The virus has not only reshaped the way professionals do their individual work, but it has also changed the fundamental characteristics of collaborative teamwork and effective leadership. The net result is that many leaders continue to struggle with learning what the “new normal” really means for them, their team, and their ability to lead. Leadership...
10. Good Leaders Acknowledge Their Employees Often
Harvard Business Review — In today’s evolving professional environment, people are working hard just to keep up. The transition to a post-Covid world is daunting for everyone; the way we do business now, which we thought would be a temporary accommodation, is becoming an entirely new normal. We may have been at this for more than a year, but there still is a lot left to learn. The work-from-home transition...