When you manage people, you don’t just oversee productivity — you hold careers, livelihoods and psychological well-being in your hands. The data doesn’t lie, and neither do the millions who’ve weighed ...
A former HR leader at Microsoft and executive coach for Fortune 500 decision-makers, Nawaz offers actionable frameworks in her book on how to become a better manager, backed by lessons from her ...
A good manager can be the make-or-break factor with retention. Here are some best practices for becoming a better manager and common mistakes to avoid. Managers are going to need to be flexible to ...
Structure your one-on-one conversations the right way to boost employee engagement and motivation. Gallup’s extensive employee engagement research, which spans several decades, found that not having ...
Being a great leader means being a great manager too. True leadership blends vision with execution, strategy with teamwork, and asking the right questions. To manage or to lead—that is the question. I ...
I want to dive into the saying “people don’t quit bad jobs, they quit bad managers.” It’s a common saying that most people have heard, but I don’t think the impact of this idea is fully understood or ...
Managers come and go. Great systems endure—and compound greatness. There are seven brutal truths that separate good managers from bad—trust, clear boundaries, courage under pressure, and so on, ...
Artificial intelligence ought to improve a manager’s lot. Administrative tasks and grunt work take up almost a full working day of a middle manager’s week, according to a survey by McKinsey. Anything ...
When you manage people, you don’t just oversee productivity — you hold careers, livelihoods and psychological well-being in your hands. The data doesn’t lie, and neither do the millions who’ve weighed ...
If you’ve spent any time on the internet over the past decade, you’ve probably seen Alison Green’s work in some form or another. My introduction to her advice column, Ask a Manager, was in 2017 when a ...
A good manager can be the make-or-break factor with retention. Here are some best practices for becoming a better manager and common mistakes to avoid. Playbook for 2025: 10 big factors that could ...