Project Aristotle is a recent Google study that was undertaken to understand why certain teams in their workplace thrived while others seemed to struggle. After studying hundreds of Google’s teams and analyzing years of data, here’s what they found:
A warning for the sleep-deprived.
Sleep deprivation impairs the ability to focus attention selectively: Research shows that after roughly 17 to 19 hours of wakefulness (say, at 11 PM or 1 AM for someone who got up at 6 AM), individual performance on a range of tasks is equivalent to that of a person with a blood alcohol level of 0.05%. That’s the legal drinking limit in many countries.
Source: There’s a Proven Link Between Effective Leadership and Getting Enough Sleep
EQ lessons aplenty in this INC. article–for both sides.
Source: Emotional Intelligence 101: Why a Millennial’s Letter to Yelp’s CEO Got Her Fired
You can’t just rely on your current knowledge and expertise if you expect to keep up, let alone advance. But how do you identify the areas in which development efforts will yield the best return on your investment?
Here’s a three-step process:
If you can’t keep your best employees engaged, you can’t keep your best employees. While this should be common sense, it isn’t common enough. A survey by the Corporate Executive Board found that one-third of star employees feel disengaged from their employer and are already looking for a new job.
Source: Bad Mistakes That Make Good Employees Leave | Dr. Travis Bradberry | LinkedIn
Imagine the colleague with whom you have a very challenging relationship, the person who makes the most innocuous conversation tense and uncomfortable. Regardless of the topic, this person opposes you and approaches things as an adversary rather than an ally. Here’s a way to push past your first reaction.
Source: A Mental Trick to Help with Challenging Conversations
Given the extraordinary low levels of engagement in the U.S. workforce — a recent Gallup poll showed that 70% of employees are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” at work — many leaders are looking for solutions….
Leadership always starts with great communication; so amazing bosses use these phrases daily.
Here are eight things that exceptional bosses tell their employees daily. Start using these daily (or begin looking for a boss who does), and watch your success skyrocket.
Source: 8 Things Exceptional Bosses Constantly Tell Their Employees
While this article is about health care and innovative ways to address changing its culture, many of the ideas may be transferable to other industries and organizations:
“Much of the focus on health care redesign has been on primary care physicians, despite the fact that specialty care is responsible for the majority of health care spending. To engage specialists in care improvement, The Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization (BWPO) has launched several programs, among them the creation of departmental “Directors of Performance Improvement” (DPI) which we’ll describe here.”
Source: Engaging Medical Specialists in Improving Health Care Value