Leadership

This is what the most effective leader in your company looks like. (Spoiler alert: It’s probably not you.)

Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a relatively new leader, you can turn to well-established leadership essentials to identify important gaps, and guide your future development. Use this worksheet to further your own journey of self-improvement.

Matt Poepsel, PhD · 4 min read

Business Strategy

End-of-year efforts: How does your company stack up?

The results are in. We posed a series of poll questions to the LinkedIn community, trying to take the pulse of end-of-year priorities and productivity, and the answers revealed a range of approaches. 

Andrew Barks · 4 min read

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Change Management

Strategies for effective change management leadership

Few tasks test the skills and qualities of a leader as thoroughly as change. Leaders need to not only understand how their role can influence their organization’s change management plan, but also what they can do to successfully shepherd their teams and employees through it. 

David Young · 10 min read

Leadership

The essential steps to developing a highly effective team

The most effective teams seem to anticipate what each person – and the business as a whole – needs. They support each other at every step, uncovering creative solutions to tough challenges, and they often make it look easy

David Young · 10 min read

Employee Engagement

Building a culture of team empowerment

The most successful teams are empowered. But creating a workplace where everyone is able to take charge can be tricky. How can you ensure productivity, pointing everyone in the same direction, and avoid absolute chaos?

David Young · 9 min read

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Organization Design

The power of team synergy: unlocking success together

Despite its reputation as a corporate buzzword, team synergy remains not just relevant, but highly sought after as more teams look for ways to improve remote or hybrid work.

David Young · 10 min read

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Leadership

Leadership tools every manager should be using

Great leaders aren’t born – they’re developed and molded. It takes a good deal of training, trial and error, and some well-earned experience (not to mention a willingness to continually learn).

David Young · 11 min read

Leadership

How to become an effective manager: 11 proven strategies shared by our experts

Employees who report to effective managers are over 15 times more likely to be high performers. They’re also more than three times more likely to stay at their job.

David Young · 11 min read

Great leaders must make an effort to continuously learn to control their ego.
Leadership

New manager training tips and strategies to master the art of management

What does it take to be an effective manager? It’s a question many in the management field have been asking, with increasing urgency, over the past few years.

David Young · 11 min read

Leadership

The 6 essential leadership practices for success

What is a good leader actually doing that makes them so effective? Although good leadership is certainly a talent, it can still be taught and developed.

David Young · 9 min read

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Business Strategy

Talent optimization goes mainstream

We defined the talent optimization discipline in 2018. Since then, the concept has evolved to serve as a revolutionary link between business and people practices.

Matt Poepsel, PhD · 5 min read

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Business Strategy

10 catalysts driving the employee energy crisis

We’ve got a real issue on our hands. Understanding the factors driving the human energy crisis is essential to helping our employees recharge.

Mike Zani · 8 min read

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Business Strategy

Elevate your team: Proven strategies for improving team productivity

Increasing productivity doesn’t have to cost a lot. It can be as simple as shifting a mindset, or providing the proper motivation.

David Young · 11 min read

Reference Profiles

Halloween costume buyer’s guide: What to wear based on your Reference Profile

Still need a costume for Halloween? We’ve got you covered. Learn what to buy (or make!) based on your PI Reference Profile.

David Silbert · 8 min read