Motivation is an ongoing process featuring both big, dramatic moments, and a lot of smaller, more subtle ones. Understanding all these different ways motivation can work is essential for keeping your team productive, happy, and engaged.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good managers take the time to hone a set of skills – ranging from hard and soft, technical and social, and so forth – that allow them to respond quickly, empathetically, and intelligently to a variety of situations.
Learn what effective leadership is and what skills and characteristics you need to be an effective leader in 2023 (and beyond).
The engineering field is resolute, assured of its abilities, even as modern scrum teams face challenges that force us to revisit some long-codified credos.
Read our deep dive into the essential leadership skills that differentiate good and successful leaders from all the rest.
Amid a shifting workplace landscape, one constant is the importance of effective leadership. With so many aspects of work now in flux, the difference a good leader can make may be greater than ever.
Manager survey questions offer a valuable opportunity to solicit employee feedback, and effectively improve manager performance.
In his new book, Expand the Circle, PI’s Matt Poepsel has a solution for ineffective and outdated leadership. Learn more in our Q&A.
Understanding the different communication styles of our team members builds trust, improves interpersonal skills, and enables efficient and effective decision making.
Micromanagement fuels resentment and negativity—and who wants to work in an office like that? True leaders are constantly seeking to improve themselves, which means enhancing their self-awareness.
