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04.02.20  Ron Ashkenas , Matthew McCreight

In a Time of Crisis, Front-Line Managers Have Become Leaders. Let’s Keep it That Way.

Front-line managers have tremendous capacity to lead organizational transformation as well as an incredible willingness to lead during the most stressful and difficult of times. Some thoughts on how to make this impact the "new normal."

Categories: Leadership Development
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03.20.20  Josh Rosenthal

COVID-19: Managing Anxiety in the Workplace

Leaders play a key role in supporting their teams in staying focused, safe and productive. There are some basic actions executive teams and managers can take when addressing trauma and anxiety in the workplace.

Categories: Leadership Development
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03.19.20  Matthew McCreight

Make this your “Finest Hour”

Leaders and people throughout their organizations are working around the clock to survive the current crisis. During these turbulent times, we want to share some insights into the conditions that can enable an organization not just to survive but also to thrive.

Categories: Leadership Development
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10.26.17  Robert Schaffer

All Management Is Change Management

Managers have begun to view change as an extraordinary event that must be dealt with using change management techniques and special skills. However, the job of management has always involved defining what changes need to be made and seeing that those changes take p…

Categories: Harvard Business Review, Executive Alignment and Coaching, Leadership Development
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06.15.17  Ron Ashkenas

How to Handle Underperformers on a Team You Inherit

Creating the expectation for high performance and doing what’s necessary to help your team be successful is a critical skill for anyone managing others. Many new managers are concerned about the optics of handling underperforming team members.

Categories: Harvard Business Review, Executive Alignment and Coaching, Leadership Development
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04.17.17  Matthew McCreight

Reflections on "What Can Women Learn from Effective Male Leaders"

Participation of women in the labor force has increased over 27 percent since 1978, but women still fill only 4 percent of CEO positions among the S&P500.

Categories: Executive Alignment and Coaching, Leadership Development
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09.23.16  Ron Ashkenas

You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Having great talent is a strategic imperative. Unfortunately, centralized talent management is not always the best option. Learn how leaders at Cognizant stay involved in the process to make it work.

Categories: Harvard Business Review, Executive Alignment and Coaching, Leadership Development
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04.12.16  Ron Ashkenas

Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments

Without real results, leadership development is a leap of faith. In order to succeed and provide value to the organization, managers must act. By focusing on constant experimentation, leadership development can be a driver for strengthening organizational capabilit…

Categories: Operational Excellence, Harvard Business Review, Executive Alignment and Coaching, Leadership Development
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04.07.16  Ron Ashkenas

Leaders Are Getting Better At Change Management – But Not At Transformation

Real transformation is not simply a portfolio of change management projects. Transformation is a process of discovery and experimentation with disciplines completely different from those of change management.

Categories: Forbes, Executive Alignment and Coaching, Leadership Development
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11.24.15  Ron Ashkenas

To Lead Change, Explain the Context

Don't risk resistance and burnout in your employees – to keep people energized and willing to adjust, help them understand how the current focus connects with or builds upon the last set of strategic directions and imperatives. People need to know how to connect th…

Categories: Strategy Execution, Operational Excellence, Harvard Business Review, Executive Alignment and Coaching, Leadership Development
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