All Management Learning Resources

59€

Agility is more than SCRUM and Kanban. Learn how you can benefit from agility and an agile approach in the Webinar

Masterclass on the foundations of agility, agile leadership and how to implement it

Agility has become one of the most powerful management tools in recent years. This is reflected in the increasing popularity of agile frameworks such as SCRUM, Kanban and...

Complexity leadership theory emphasizes social interactions and the whole organization

Dr. Annette Towler

Complexity Leadership: Understanding organizations as dynamic and complex systems of social interactions

Complexity leadership theory allows you for an understanding of how successful organizations thrive in turbulent times. It puts an emphasis on the whole system of an organization including its social interactions and the specific context.

Changes in technology and the workplace have resulted in an increase in virtual teams.

Dr. Annette Towler

Leading virtual teams: How to lead in the 21st century knowledge economy

Changes in technology and the workplace have resulted in an increase in virtual teams. These teams may seem similar to regular, offline teams - but they require a nuanced set of skills and a deep understanding to be managed successfully. In fact, this is a key skill relevant for the 21st century knowledge economy. This CQ Dossier describes how leaders can effectively manage virtual teams and introduces a fresh set of skills to facilitate virtual team effectiveness. The dossier draws on research and theory on leadership style and virtual teams.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Leader Member Exchange (LMX), Virtual teams, Charismatic Leadership

Is traditional consulting a future-proof business model? A plea for re-orientation

The consulting industry is currently undergoing a radical change. Traditional strategy, restructuring, and implementation consulting agencies are more and more under pressure. The causes are manifold...

Consulting, Knowledge Sharing Economy, Management Trends, Consulting Platform

Technology enables a set of new selection methods

Dr. Annette Towler

Selection processes in the digital age: Which innovative selection methods do really add value?

Rapid changes in technology have impacted the way in which selection processes take place. We have a look at the three major trends in selection and assessment in this CQ Dossier.

Employee selection

Managers and professionals have also to are about themselfs and build their resilience.

Dr. Devon Price

Manager Resilience: Preventing burnout and thriving in crisis

Managers are typically tasked with overseeing and taking steps to ensure the productivity of their employees. This task is complicated and requires a finely-tuned blend of providing motivation, doling out consequences, adapting to institutional change, and helping employees build independence and new skills.

Work and well-being, Resilience, Management development, Burnout, Mental health

The psychological contract is an informal agreement between employees and employer resp. management

Dr. Annette Towler

Psychological contracts: Effectiveness, implementation and consequences of breaching them

Over the last thirty years, the psychological contract between employer and employee has changed because of globalization and major advances in technology. This CQ Dossier focuses on the concept of psychological contracts and raises several important questions such as what is a psychological contract and how does it work?

Psychological contract, Employee retention, Burnout

Team-efficacy constitutes the joint beliefs of team members in their team’s capacity

Dr. Annette Towler

Team-efficacy and team effectiveness: A primer for management practitioners

The last two decades has witnessed a change in work practices with most organizations relying on teams to complete tasks; in addition, theory and research on team effectiveness has also increased. Effective teams are social in nature with team members having high task interdependency and shared, common values (Salas, Cooke & Rosen, 2008).

Team-efficacy

Wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen: Wie man beim Fällen mutiger Entscheidungen unbeabsichtigte Konsequenzen vermeidet

Like a bull in a china shop: How to avoid unintended consequences in bold decision-making

Bold decisions that drastically change what is taken for granted have always been traits of leaders that attract and inspire people. The rise of social media and other means of online communication...

Change Management, Collaboration

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Transformational Leadership and its implementation is the emphasis of this evidence-based management seminar

Leadership Training

Masterclass on how transformational leadership skills can help boost your career and personal growth

Having a basic understanding of what successful leadership is and how it works is an essential skill. Regardless of whether you want a promotion or are trying to start your...

By viewing strategy as a dynamic practice, it becomes possible to perceive and delve into dynamics that allow for better decision-making.

Structuration theory and its implications for management: Key take-aways for managers and working professionals

Anthony Giddens' Structuration Theory is one of a set of grand social theories that are capable of describing the very foundation of social systems: these include teams, organizations, and society as...

Change Management, Strategy, Structuration Theory

By drawing on evidence-based practices leaders can increase organizational performance by improving communication

Aaron G.

Dr. Annette Towler

Resilience in the workplace: What it is and how to build it

One way to manage pressures at work is through resilience. Learn the foundation of resilience, why it is important in the workplace and how to build it in this CQ Dossier.

Resilience

Masterclass on the foundations of agility, agile leadership and how to implement it

Complexity Leadership: Understanding organizations as dynamic and complex systems of social interactions

Leading virtual teams: How to lead in the 21st century knowledge economy

Is traditional consulting a future-proof business model? A plea for re-orientation

Selection processes in the digital age: Which innovative selection methods do really add value?

Manager Resilience: Preventing burnout and thriving in crisis

Psychological contracts: Effectiveness, implementation and consequences of breaching them

Team-efficacy and team effectiveness: A primer for management practitioners

Like a bull in a china shop: How to avoid unintended consequences in bold decision-making

Masterclass on how transformational leadership skills can help boost your career and personal growth

Structuration theory and its implications for management: Key take-aways for managers and working professionals

Effective workplace communication: Why it matters for professionals and how to improve it

From management training to management learning: Why evidence, context and agility matters

The future of management: Which management skills do employers and employees need to be prepared for the future?

Growing and learning from Covid-19: Six lessons for professionals

Why is social science the most under-valued branch of science?

Why managing expectations is essential in management and practical ways how to do that

Resilience in the workplace: What it is and how to build it

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