Insights
June 29, 2022
Details Over the past year, there has been a call for leaders to be less demanding and more empathetic toward individual employees. They need
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May 27, 2022
Research on over 100,000 leaders finds 76% are better at pushing for results than pulling people in through inspiration, though raters value inspiring more.
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Are the best leaders heroes or guides? An analysis of over 70,000 leaders found that guides, and leaders who combine both styles, outperform pure
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Managers rated individual contributors as less productive during the pandemic than before it. Comparing high and low scorers reveals the behaviors that signal productivity
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February 23, 2022
Details If a basketball, football, or baseball team wins nine games out of 10, most people assume that this is an outstanding team. Sports
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Delivering nine times out of 10 isn't enough. Data from 60,438 360-degree reports shows that just one direct report signaling distrust lowered a manager's
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Ted Lasso's empathy is a real strength, but research on more than 100,000 leaders shows relationships alone aren't enough. Leaders high in both relationship
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Research on 160,576 employees shows that neither demanding drivers nor supportive enhancers engage people well on their own. But 68% of employees working for
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Some people get far more done without working longer hours. Research on more than 7,000 people rated on productivity identifies seven habits they share,
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Research on 1,276 leaders during the pandemic found balancing results with individual needs mattered most, with the ideal mix shifting to 40% results, 60%
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Only 9% of leaders excel at both results and relationships, but they reach the 82nd percentile in effectiveness, versus the low 40s for those
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