When your best employee gets a job offer elsewhere, you have two options: try to convince them to stay, or let them go gracefully. It’s a scenario all leaders will eventually encounter, so it’s best to prepare ahead of time rather than wing it in the moment.
Many organizations have experimented with design thinking for innovation, and according to an in-depth study of two dozen major design thinking projects, there is one key ingredient necessary for success: effective leadership.
We all want to work in a happy, harmonious environment, but there’s a dark side to this pursuit. “In an era where we exalt employee wellness and happiness, we’ve started to think of conflict as antithetical to engagement,” writes Liane Davey, team effectiveness advisor.
When looking for a new hire to join your team, there’s always a risk that you’ll inadvertently skip over the perfect candidate. This sometimes happens when your subconscious mind is looking for something that isn’t in the job description, suggests executive coach Whitney Johnson.
In this article, author Annie McKee points out that “close to two-thirds of employees in the United States are bored, detached, or jaded and ready to sabotage plans, projects, and other people” in their jobs. She challenges the reader to question why there is so much chronic unhappiness at work.
