Forbes
Today’s workforce is made up of five generations, and teams often have two, three, or four generations working together. This causes challenges, but also offers up an equal number of opportunities.

 

To turn those challenges into successes, these four things are critical.

Liz Kislik
Does your company rely on “working managers” who simultaneously do the job they supervise? Many companies do, without being aware of the downsides.

 

When your managers are also performing other tasks, you could be asking for trouble if you hold them responsible for delivering on a quota of work output, yet simultaneously expect them to lead a team, and also coordinate and interact with other managers in the normal course of business.

New research on the psychology of procrastination suggests that the problem lies not with willpower, but with emotions.

If you stop treating procrastination like a time-management issue, it becomes easier to manage.

Let’s Grow Leaders
When someone brings together a group of people and helps them do something new together—something that has a chance to create better results—we call that “leadership.”

 

To lead your team to something new, you’ve got to go there first. And when you do, amazing things happen.

Art Petty
Here’s a fact of life for most of us in our organizations—if we don’t create the right results, we don’t last in our management or leadership roles.

 

This pressure to achieve results at all costs forces many in leadership roles to cultivate an approach where teaching, and promoting the right behaviors and values all take a backseat to the urgent issues of the moment.