Employee Engagement
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Quiet cracking: The hidden strain on middle managers – and what HR can do about it
Quiet cracking is the silent unraveling of middle managers under the weight of compounding pressure from all sides.
Persuader
Matt Poepsel, PhD is the author of Expand the Circle: Enlightened Leadership for Our New World of Work and host of the Lead the People podcast. He serves as Vice President & Godfather of Talent Optimization at The Predictive Index. He holds a PhD in Psychology, an MBA, and a Harvard Business School Certificate of Management Excellence. Matt has more than 25 years of leadership experience as a software executive and consultant. He’s also a US Marine, an Ironman triathlon finisher, and a student of Buddhist philosophy.
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Employee Engagement
4 min read
HR field guide to the future: Practicing stakeholder capitalism
Who holds the keys to a productive employer-employee relationship? At the most successful, healthy businesses, it’s a shared investment. Stakeholder capitalism can benefit employers and employees alike.
Employee Engagement
4 min read
HR field guide to the future: Contending with corporate backlash
HR and business leaders who leverage people’s behavioral preferences – and offer options appealing to those preferences – will help their organization’s health.
Organization Design
7 min read
HR field guide to the future: Integrating new tech alongside your people
HR practitioners can offer guidance and reassurance. Help people understand that generative AI tools work best when paired with people who possess strong social and emotional skills.
Talent Optimization
7 min read
HR field guide to the future: Dealing with a prolonged talent shortage
As an HR leader, it’s imperative you understand the factors driving a talent shortage, its potential long-term effects, and your level of vulnerability as a company.
Business Strategy
2 min read
How to craft a compelling vision statement
Download our “How to craft a compelling vision statement” worksheet, and take steps to perfect your vision and turn it into a reality.
Leadership
2 min read
How’s your Leadership Fit?
Leadership styles have also evolved over time. Today, there are dozens of leadership approaches to choose from. Sometimes, we fall into the habit of overusing a particular style because it’s comfortable, or it was effective in other, unrelated situations.
Uncategorized
2 min read
Where does the time go?
I invite you to review your calendar and rate your meetings. I created a handy worksheet to help you do just that. Choose an important set of recurring or upcoming meetings, and be honest in your evaluations.
Uncategorized
1 min read
What’s your Relationship Forecast?
Choose an important relationship you have with your manager, a peer, or a direct report. How is the weather? Use the worksheet to identify what’s working (or not) and what might come next.
Leadership
1 min read
Bridge to a better tomorrow
Too often, well-intentioned leaders overlook all the elements needed to shepherd workers safely and happily from one side of the bridge to the other.
Leadership
6 min read
One for the Ages (Perspectives recap + tipsheet)
For the May episode of our Perspectives webinar series, we decided to tackle the topic of optimizing a multigenerational workforce.
Leadership
2 min read
Give and take
I’ve created this simple worksheet to help you recall all that you give and all that you receive when it comes to your work. Complete it for yourself to rekindle your relationship with your workplace. Then share it with your team members to help them do the same.
Leadership
2 min read
Reading the “T” leaves
I’m helping you hit the pause button and reflect on how you approach your work in this handy worksheet. It invites you to consider your favorite examples of technology, tools, templates, training, and transparency—5 Ts—that help you perform and lead at your best.
Leadership
2 min read
Leadership Mount Rushmore
Who belongs on the leadership equivalent of Mount Rushmore?Because leadership is a highly individualized practice, there’s no wrong answer. The most important answer is your own.
Leadership
5 min read
Smile! You’re On Camera [Perspectives recap]
Transparency has become a hot topic for employers and employees alike. For this month’s episode of the Perspectives webinar series powered by The Predictive Index, we decided to set our sights on the transparency topic.