How Supportive Leaders Approach Emotional Conversations
Summary: Many leaders aren’t aware when they’re using emotionally dismissive and potentially harmful language with their employees. Most of the time, unintentionally dismissive language comes from a place of caring. Leaders want to support the person, to help them move through their issue, to minimize their pain. Sometimes in an…
AIM Smarter – Tech Fatigue and How To Avoid It
Tech fatigue, like any other form of induced fatigue, is physical and mental strain brought on by the overuse of technology-specific resources. It impacts our mental and emotional health and creates hostility toward tech mediums. Technology has been one of the more important factors for the past year being functional…
Managers Can’t Do It All
Summary. In recent decades sweeping reengineering, digitization, and agile initiatives—and lately the move to remote work—have dramatically transformed the job of managers. Change has come along three dimensions: power, skills, and structure. Managers now have to think about making their teams successful, rather than being served by them; coach performance,…
AIM Smarter – Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance was already a challenge in the twenty-first century. With the rapid growth of digital communication, lines between work and home were blurred – but the pandemic has accelerated this phenomenon even further. With so many suddenly forced to work from home for the first time in 2020, the…
Design an Office that People Want to Come Back to
Summary: The workplace trends that accelerated during the pandemic aren’t going away. Companies should use this moment to improve office environments in a way that boosts employee engagement and well-being, thereby encouraging attendance, increasing retention, and attracting new talent. The authors, who designed the Hana Bank headquarters during the Covid-19…
AIM Smarter – 8 Ways to Boost Your Productivity
If you’ve been struggling to focus and stay productive, you’re not alone. According to researchers, students and workers alike have experienced difficulty focusing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, the thrill of working from home has worn off for those who went remote for the first time in 2020, and many have found…
Take Care of You Part 2
Back in November 2021, we offered some practical ideas for self-care routines you could add to your life. We found so many great ideas, we just had to share more! Let’s face it – stress isn’t going away. In fact, numerous studies show that we are more stressed than ever, and many…
Persuade Your Company to Change Before It’s Too Late
Summary: Executives who spot signs of big market shifts face a quandary: They need good data to convince stakeholders that their companies have to change. But by the time data about disruptive trends is public, opportunities have shrunk or disappeared, and their firms may be on burning platforms. How can…
Digital Transformation Changes How Companies Create Value
Summary: Digital transformation is about changing where value is created, and how your business model is structured. More and more, value creation comes from outside the firm not inside, and from external partners rather than internal employees. The authors call this new production model an “inverted firm,” a change in…
Creating a Meaningful Corporate Purpose
Today, most company leaders believe that their companies’ larger purpose is to make a positive difference in the world — not just to maximize shareholder value. Defining a corporate why and making sure it guides decisions and operations has therefore become a cornerstone of doing business. According to author Hubert…