Your social environment—including factors like incentives, competition, and surveillance—can make you more or less creative. BY TERESA M. AMABILE | JULY 6, 2020 Are you as creative now as you were when you were a child? For many people, the answer is no. As we move into adulthood, we are often conditioned to be more… Continue reading How Your Work Environment Influences Your Creativity
Managers and leaders have a direct effect on their employees’ stress levels, but too few leaders are aware of this power. Even well-meaning managers may unwittingly stoke anxiety. Writing in the Harvard Business Review, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor of business psychology at Columbia University and an associate at Harvard’s Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, points out five behaviors… Continue reading When leaders stress out their people
How can you hold teams together when members are physically separated? How can you create virtual teams that are more engaged and more productive than when they worked together? In our recent Webinar, Communication in a Time of Social Distancing: Strengthening Virtual Teams, we shared 8 research-based strategies: Start with a meaningful question central to… Continue reading Strengthening Virtual Teams
Those in any kind of leadership position right now are called to find compassion for the people they serve. BY ELLEN VAN OOSTEN, MELVIN L. SMITH, RICHARD E. BOYATZIS | JUNE 15, 2020 Recently, an employee at a major Ohio company lost his mother to coronavirus. Under normal circumstances, his colleagues would have offered expressions… Continue reading How to Support the People You Lead in Times of Uncertainty
During this time of significant uncertainty and upheaval we are sending positive thoughts to our clients, whanau, colleagues and friends. As organisational psychologists and active participants on this journey we are acutely aware of the challenges faced by leaders, employees, and organisations. Please know that if you need support or guidance in any of the… Continue reading Support during these times!
Many leaders have crossed the first hurdles of moving their teams remote: ensuring colleagues have set up their tech tools, defined their processes, and permanently logged into their video conference accounts. But this is just the first step towards creating an effective work environment for remote employees. The next critical question we must ask is:… Continue reading Keeping Remote Teams Motivated
